@Shawnbaby said:
@DireDrill said:
Do you not know what Suspension of Disbelief is reikai? It is the rules by which we view fiction. Suspension of Disbelief says that Star Wars Humans are not Humans because Humans are a race developed on Earth. No Earth = No Humans. Official Star Wars Universe can call there ducks ducks all they want but unless there is an Earth, they are not. Are we a space faring race and I don't know it? Last I heard we had only made it to the moon not across an entire galaxy. So suffice it to say, these humans are just called humans and are similar to humans but in fact are not humans.
That is not what suspension of disbelief means. Suspension of Disbelief means that, in order to truly appreciate the entertainment value of something, we must first temporarily put aside the fact that it is merely a story we are being told and accept it as a reality. It's what allows us to to actually care about what happens to the characters. If anything, Suspension of Disbelief is what will tell us those character are human...despite that they did not evolve on Earth.
Occam's Razor actually suggests that the simplest explanation for something is the right one. Occam's razor will say that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...it's probably a duck. Same would apply to humans.
You are wrong here, my assessment is correct. Suspension of Disbelief, as I have applied it, is the basis for the idea that Star Wars ships fire multi-gigaton shots because before someone applied real world physics to an ISD shooting an asteroid, there was no consensus on just how powerful something was. Everything in the Star Wars universe is exactly the same as ours so long as it has not been indicated that it is not. The chances that we even exist to have this conversation are ridiculous, the chances that a race that is exactly like us developed in another universe is even more ridiculous bordering on the impossible.Your understanding of Suspension of Disbelief is an oversimplification of the concept.
Occam's Razor or the Parsimony Principle suggests that the simplest explanation given available information is generally true. If I told you that it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, but is from a different planet would you still say it was a duck? Your usage of Occam's Razor is a popular misconception as it is an oversimplification of it.
If you were a normal everyday citizen of Metropolis, you would think that Clark Kent was a human too. He outwardly professes to be human, looks human, sounds human, and does pretty much everything a Human does but when it comes down to it Clark Kent is a Kryptonian. See, until someone tells you that Clark Kent is Superman, Suspension of Disbelief would require that you believe he is human.
Sorry @reikai, but you used the word Galaxy and this takes place in a galaxy far far away. So the chances of the Rakata stealing humans from a planet in a galaxy far far away is pretty limited. Also, since we have no idea when Star Wars takes place, it may take place before we even evolved into being. Good try though.
Again, you can't prove a negative but I have yet to see any positive proof that Star Wars Humans are Human. Anyone got any? Being called human and looking like a human is not enough.If I told you that I was God, what would be the first thing you would say? Prove it. You would look at me quite incredulously if I said prove I am not.
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