Is a humanoid body optimal for intelligent beings? Project Hail Mary spoilers.
I and other people often complain about aliens being too much like humans.
I watched half of Proj3ct hail Mary yesterday and there the character is not human like.
And the authors point from what i understand is that they would look different because of different environment.
It is just that... to be intelligent and have use of that intelligence you need to be able to interact with the world. Perhaps a human like body is simply universally fairly optimal for that?
I dont see how the character Rocky in the movie could actually build a spaceship like that with his limited dog like body.