Sentient meat terry bisson biography

Copyright, Terry Bisson, 1991

Originally published in OMNI, 1991, and featured in HARPER’S and around the internet since. It has even made its way into several books on consciousness and brain science. I’m surprised, pleased, and proud.

But please do not reprint, perform, alter or adapt in any way without first checking with the author.

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“They’re made out of meat.”

“Meat?”

“Meat. They’re made out of meat.”

“Meat?”

“There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through.

They’re completely meat.”

“That’s impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?”

“They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don’t come from them. The signals come from machines.”

“So who made the machines?

That’s who we want to contact.”

“They made the machines.

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That’s what I’m trying to tell you. Meat made the machines.”

“That’s ridiculous. How can meat make a