Aliens among us.....

Hanuman · 04-29-2010, 07:24 PM

As much as it would be convenient to believe the whole warp driver vulcans first contact blah blah EVERYONE LETS BE FRIENDS "thing" I think as a species we have out heads SO far up our own asses that this is really not all that probable.

I mean, consider how a species would be changed, culturally, if they evolved with another similar yet lesser developed self aware species, or if THEY were the lesser species and had to rise up, OR if there were 30 different self aware species on their planet and they had to fight, tooth and claw to survive all the way from the ocean to space travel.

Or consider a microcosm in our own society... sure we have people we look up to, but we also have stupid hics driving around in pickup trucks setting off firecrackers and shooting their guns into the air because they like the sound. Do you think one of those people, on their own, could build a pickup truck? Compare that to a species who are not REALLY evolved enough for spacetravel yet they still BUY it.

I think we should be both proud of, and wary of, our capacity for cultural uniqueness in the universe.

04-29-2010, 07:24 PM	#2
Hanuman Love Is Strength Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver/BC/Canada Posts: 1,135	As much as it would be convenient to believe the whole warp driver vulcans first contact blah blah EVERYONE LETS BE FRIENDS "thing" I think as a species we have out heads SO far up our own asses that this is really not all that probable. I mean, consider how a species would be changed, culturally, if they evolved with another similar yet lesser developed self aware species, or if THEY were the lesser species and had to rise up, OR if there were 30 different self aware species on their planet and they had to fight, tooth and claw to survive all the way from the ocean to space travel. Or consider a microcosm in our own society... sure we have people we look up to, but we also have stupid hics driving around in pickup trucks setting off firecrackers and shooting their guns into the air because they like the sound. Do you think one of those people, on their own, could build a pickup truck? Compare that to a species who are not REALLY evolved enough for spacetravel yet they still BUY it. I think we should be both proud of, and wary of, our capacity for cultural uniqueness in the universe. __________________ If you want to stay connected send me a PM with your email. Last edited by Hanuman; 04-29-2010 at 07:28 PM.