How many of us actually believe in the existence of extra-terrestrial life forms? Well it may be dismissed by many as mere myth or science fiction or even better, I may have the Men in Black trying to hit me with the deneuralizer!, but being men and women of science, I think that we have a strong reason to believe that there exists a civilization either primitive or more advanced than our race waiting to find us or to be discovered.
Most may think that in a world where people are struggling hard to make their opinions heard and heeded to in matters of greater importance such as climate change, food and water crisis, pollution etc., where does the attention to research and contact with alien life stand?
Movies have come about to describe aliens either as ruthless, nerve-numbing killers, as over-smart, or as cute and cuddly bipeds (with courtesy to Steven Spielberg’s E.T.). What many fail to understand is that they too should be thought of beings like us, sentient and intelligent…
Just go to the net and find what you can about aliens. I’m sure most of you would at some point of time, come across words like the Roswell Conspiracy, Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle, and several others clichés linking to it.
In my point, I would say aliens could have been the very reason life on earth came into being. They could be just outside watching us, learning how we evolved into the Nuclear-Bomb wielding self-proclaimed Lords of the Planet Earth, or even among us! Or worse, we could be their science project or something! Just pulling your leg on that one!
The benefits of a fruitful alien contact would not only help us save our ailing planet from the verge of destruction that man has laid waste, but also help us fill in the loop holes and assumptions to the greatest doubts one can put forth in subjects where assumptions rule such as physics, mathematics, astronomy, genetics etc. Not only would we develop our technologies and learn new things but in the process, may also end up sharing some of our knowledge to them.
Yet again, as MTV says, “No pain, no gain my nigga!” There is also a very good chance of an alien invasion, causes for which may be our violent response to their act of kindness (take for example an alien slaps you to say hi and the next second it is lying in a pool of blood with a bullet in its gut).
The very reason for the above to happen lies in the fact that we, humans, have placed ourselves before everything else in this little blue speck in the universe, thinking that we know everything.
Instead of the constant bickering and wars that we hold against ourselves, it would be inevitable to one day realize the importance of advancement in weaponry and defense (leave alone the ol’ trusty nuke!)(Not to hunt down Mr. Osama), but to save our backs when “they” arrive a little hostile.
So the next time you look into the stars, just wish that the day would come when man is no longer a loner in this vast universe, but one among the many diverse beings to inhabit the galaxy.
by Ramesh Rajesh on Saturday, 27 March 2010 at 09:56
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