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Bookmark or Share- [Ender's Game] Why did the Buggers/Formics attack us (possible ... - RedditWhile the Formics certainly weren't benevolent, for never knowingly killing a sentient form, They killed several of the IF, and the only person's word that they were innocent for the first two wars is a queen which had every incentive to lie after they had already psychologically traumatized and manipulated this poor child.
- Question about the Formics/Buggers in the Ender's Game seriesThe idea is that for Formics, the drones aren't individual beings but extensions of a being that includes everyone in that hive mind. The closest analogy is that it's like cutting of a fingernail; you're not really killing anything, just removing a bit that will grow back. Killing one Formic drone does nothing to the bigger "individual" hive.
- Ender's Game. How are the Formics in any way not total jerks?The difference the Formics saw between themselves and animals, was that whilst animals could be solitary and individuals, they were not sapient. Only Formic Hiveminds were actually capable of rational thought above basic instincts, so they concluded that for a creature to be sapient, it must be a Hivemind.
- [Enders Game] The Formic Queen is a Liar : r/FanTheories - RedditThe Formics had realized either early on (or possibly the whole time) that humans had individual sentience. Their Second Invasion was not misguided but a calculated assault on the human race. The Formics knew that humanity was in its infancy with space travel and did not possess as advanced technology.
- [Enders's game] How did the formics managed to establish ... - RedditThe Formics, the cocoon, seemed to have forgotten about that bridge but they didn't need it anymore. After they understood that humans weren't like drones or workers and that they were all unique beings they made efforts to communicate with him via the message they left on Rov/Shakespeare and the Queen he would find.
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