RE: Is Humanity Ready for First Contact?
October 11, 2016 at 10:34 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2016 at 10:40 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Imagine a species who live their entire lives inside a giant, space-going autotrophic whale. They use shards of bone to jab it's spine from the inside, steering it left or right, based upon charts they've scarred into the interior cavities of the creature....that their society has put together over years of drifting..ever since they evolved from the simple parasites from which they originate. Their only goal is to keep the spacegoing whale alive, thus sustaining themselves, by guiding it on it's migratory path to the highest quality solar watering holes.
When we imagine aliens, we generally imagine nothing more than technologically advanced versions of ourselves. Our assumptions, in that regard, actually refer to our own contact with less advanced members of our own kind. We aren't imagining the future, or aliens. We're talking about human beings, and the past.
Let aliens be......alien? They may not need tech. They may not need anything from earth at all. They may be completely unprepared to handle -us-. Accidentally wandering into our field of view could be the worst thing that's ever happened to them.
When we imagine aliens, we generally imagine nothing more than technologically advanced versions of ourselves. Our assumptions, in that regard, actually refer to our own contact with less advanced members of our own kind. We aren't imagining the future, or aliens. We're talking about human beings, and the past.
Let aliens be......alien? They may not need tech. They may not need anything from earth at all. They may be completely unprepared to handle -us-. Accidentally wandering into our field of view could be the worst thing that's ever happened to them.
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