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| Image Source: Screen Rant - Prometheus |
Topics: Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Aliens, Exobiology, Exoplanets, Humor, NASA, SETI, Space Exploration
A wild card search on the term "alien" can bring up some frightening images by some who have an exceptional amount of time on their hands. (The bug-eyed human-alien hybrids I saw would take some explaining...that's not the mail man's kid. I'll leave that disturbing search to anyone interested.) However, it's somewhat chauvinistic to assume all alien life is going to have five fingers and toes; an appreciation for the electromagnetic spectrum (visible light) or enjoy sounds, music, poetry and art as we do. They may be all together different in ways we've yet to imagine - in fiction or in research, a shock to our self-definition of intelligence and place in the universe. A similar shock to our system as when Galileo peered through a telescope and introduced heliocentric theory into our thinking. It will be a cultural paradigm shift - that I hope - we absorb gracefully. I sadly have my doubts.
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