why can't we eat aliens?

[jpub]

Spider Robinson also touched on wrong-handed molecules, where mirrors can be gateways to another universe where everythign is reversed.

Another point is that a lot of the food we eat is known for having trace chemicals in them *we* need to survive. By the same token, an alien life form could be filled with trace elements.--
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