A Story In
100 Words
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Proof Of Concept
In hindsight, it a was generous offer by the aliens. Submit to genetic engineering and humanity's intelligence would be doubled.
They certainly have demonstrated what we missed out on. We were far too suspicious of the motives of others.
I shake the trotter of Lily, a piebald pig who took a scant five minutes to beat me at chess.
"Now that you're the most intelligent species on Earth, is there any need for mankind any more?"
She yawned. "They gave us intelligence, but you have opposable thumbs. There's going to be plenty of manual work for you humans to do."
From Guest Contributor Ross Clement
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