An Answerbagger told me about a Heinlein novel called "FRIDAY". Prejudice against "the other" will always exist. Why is that exactly?

So instead of being automatically curious or automatically upbeat/positive we automatically fear the "not us". Instinctive and savage?  Surely it is all emotional. Thank you for your reply Harry and Happy Saturday. It does remind me though of a scifi movie I saw once. It was about aliens coming to earth saying they were here to serve man. They even had a book titled that. Except at the very last moment you find out it is a COOKBOOK! That was a yikes for sure.  :)

LOL!  Rosie, that was a Twilight Zone episode you're remembering.  The title of it was called "How to Serve Man."  It's one of my favorite epidsodes.

It would be nice if people were automatically curious and upbeat/positive about something that's different, wouldn't it?  I believe if a person hasn't been taught to be a critical thinker, their baser instincts just kick in.  

You were a Twilight Zone fan then Harry? All the way back to the beginning when Rod Serling did the intros and wrote many of the episodes? Thank you for the information. I didn't remember where I saw it but I do remember the fade out...when many people have already boarded the ship to take them to the aliens' home and it's too late to escape. They have Twilight Zone Marathons usually on the 4th of July Holiday. Do you ever indulge in nostalgia and watch them?  There were so many excellent episodes and some excellent scifi authors contributed to the series as well. Those were the days! Oh as for your comment about being taught to be a critical thinker? Many folks are afraid of thinking to begin with and "critical" thinking would terrify them. That would mean they would have to cut the chains that bind them to partisan/racist/bigoted beliefs and we know that isn't ever gonna happen! Thank you for your reply Harry!  :)