Continents Astral Quote by Greg Egan
““Dear Earth-dweller: Please use your BRAIN! As anyone KNOWS in this SCIENTIFIC age, the origin of the races is now WELL UNDERSTOOD! Africans traveled here after the DELUGE from Mercury, Asians from Venus, Caucasians from Mars, and the people of the Pacific islands from assorted asteroids. If you don’t have the NECESSARY OCCULT SKILLS to project rays from the continents to the ASTRAL PLANE to verify this, a simple analysis of TEMPERAMENT and APPEARANCE should make this obvious even to YOU! But please don’t put WORDS into MY mouth! Just because we’re all from different PLANETS doesn’t mean we can’t still be FRIENDS.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: Diaspora, 1997
The passage satirically claims humanity originated from different planets, mocking pseudo‑scientific racial theories.
In simple terms: A satire on absurd origin myths.
Key Takeaway
Question baseless claims.
Themes
science
satire
racism
humanity
Mood
skeptical
ironic
analytical
Type
satirical
critical
When to use this quote
- education
- public discourse
- media literacy
- social inclusion
Key Concepts
critical thinking
myth debunking
Questions to Reflect On
- How does humor expose prejudice?
- What evidence counters such myths?
A Different Perspective
Satire may be misread as literal.
