What if we, the human race, are an alien's ant farm?

United States
October 2, 2008 9:32am CST
I guess, more precisely, what could allow us to refute the possibility? Just as we are complex in comparision with ants, couldn't there be a species more complex and intelligent than our own? Why could life not be a cycle of things that are increasingly more complex? Isn't that similar to the concept of the food chain?
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jwfarrimond
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5 Mar 10
There's a science fiction short story on this subject. It's called "Bordered in Black" Offhand though I can't remember who the author was. Look it up though if you want to know what a human ant farm might be like...
jwfarrimond
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5 Mar 10
Here you go. Thanks to the wonderful Internet I can send you a link to the story. http://www.kobobooks.com/content/N-Space/sc-fT0hzZF2kECYEV3AnfcS7Q/page1.html?scRedirect=true