ArticleCode ALI-CIV-0096speculative-frameworkBrowse result
Cloned population civilizations are one of the most unsettling models in alien-civilization theory: societies in which substantial portions of the population are genetically replicated rather than produced through ordinary sexual diversity. Drawing on the biology of cloning, natural asexual reproduction, vertebrate clonality, Brave New World-style social engineering, and modern reproductive genetics, the model explores what happens when population structure, identity, and power are reorganized around replication.
Aliens / Alien Civilization/civilization theory/2026-03-23
ArticleCode ALI-CIV-0098speculative-frameworkBrowse result
Parasite-host alien civilizations are one of the darkest models in alien-civilization theory: societies in which one intelligent or quasi-intelligent species survives by exploiting, directing, inhabiting, or neurologically steering another. Drawing on real parasitism, host-behavior manipulation, extended-phenotype theory, and classic mind-parasite fiction, the model explores civilizations where autonomy, identity, and social order are built around biological control.
Aliens / Alien Civilization/civilization theory/2026-03-23