All week I have been
doing posts about aspects of colonizing Mars, or other planets. Anybody who is a fan of Science Fiction would
know immediately the possible threats dreamed up by writers and then later
modeled and brought to life by television or the movies. As I have said many times, Fiction pales to
real life experiences. I would be
terribly afraid of flying across the galaxy to explore or colonize new worlds
for fear of what we may find there or along the way.
Even in the story War of the Worlds the aliens are undone by bacteria or a virus from us. What unseen microbes could be floating around in strange new atmospheres? I even considered the myriad of animals, insects, and plants on this planet that have deadly means of protecting themselves and it makes me shudder to think of what strange new things we haven’t imagined that could exist elsewhere. All the time real things happen that make the creative efforts of writers seem tame by comparison. I am afraid the true life stories to be lived out once we leave this planet may make our favorite Sci-Fi movies seem boring and dull.
Through the years of Science Fiction aliens have taken many
forms from Alf to Tribbles, or the more common not so friendly versions such as
the creatures from the Alien or Predator movies. I know I will never forget the scene from the
first Alien movie where the creature comes out of the guy’s stomach during breakfast.
It has amused me over the forty some years I have been
around whenever I hear of efforts to find other forms of life in the
universe. We can’t get off this planet
effectively without monumental effort at this point. We can’t get through a day without hundreds
to thousands of people killing each other somewhere around the globe. In major cities of the United States alone
nobody blinks an eye as a murder is reported on the news during any given
day. Hell, the majority of our society
is too dumb to realize the inherent danger of attempting to text and drive at
the same time.
With our limited understanding and intelligence I wouldn’t
be in such a hell fire rush to find other forms of life. Chances are they will be able to kick our
asses easily if they wanted to. If they
have the means to get from where they live to here they are already much more
advanced and intelligent than we are. It
would be moronic to assume they would naturally be peaceful and not armed to
the gills.
How does the saying go?
“If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!”
Earth is a nice place.
Humans have been beating themselves up since the dawn of time to just
call a piece of it their own. Why
wouldn’t aliens enjoy this nice planet also?
They might especially like that this planet is full of so many beings,
well suited to work, which might be enslaved to do their bidding and work for
them. I would be afraid to discover
aliens here or anywhere else until we know we are ready and prepared. Part of that would be the realization that we
are all part of the same species. We
really should find a way to take care of our own species (everybody), how govern
ourselves, and increase the overall education, understanding and knowledge
level of the species across the entire planet.
Part of the problem with this is the many subgroups which are closed
minded and don’t want to learn or share in the information available.
So as far as colonization goes part of me is excited and can’t
wait for humans to branch out into space.
Part of me thinks working towards the goal of a unified Earth where we
take care of our across the globe might be a more intelligent first step.
Of course with that train of thought we may never get off the planet!
Education and communication are major keys to this goal. Since the Tower of Babel this is the first
time humans can all communicate with each without regards to language through
the Internet! Blogs, Forums, Social
sites are all means of sharing, learning, and communicating with each
other. When the people of the world are
tired of the status quo and wars it will stop if we all work together for the
common good. Until the governments shut
of the NET!
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