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human
[The Thing] Is the thing evil or misunderstood?

I've read through some past forums debating the sentience of the Thing and I think the final conclusion to that question is yes. Whether it was sentient from the outset or gained sentience from the creatures it imitated, it had sentience none the less.

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This makes me think, does that mean the Thing was evil? I re-watched The Thing yesterday and I have to say I actually felt pretty sorry for it :( it's constantly being torched, tries to escape, and even begins building a small ship from helicopter parts. This suggests maybe he just wants out. Maybe it crash landed and initially killed for need, but then was met with violence, so began killing out of defence.

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What do you think?
gpt
Completely *alien* is probably the best description.  It doesn't understand our need for maintaining independent consciousnesses in separate bodies any more than we can understand its desire for unity.  Or whatever the hell it desires, if it "desires" anything.

It just is what it is.  A lifeform radically different from ourselves.