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If there is life in the universe, how come we aren't visited by aliens? This is called the Fermi Paradox, proposed by Enrico Fermi in the 1950s. Fort gives a preemptive solution on page 163, where he states, famously, 'I think we're property.' Fort's solution is that earth was warred over in the distant past, and now is under the control of 'something'--"all other warned off." The reason that we never meet our 'owners' is that they have no interest in talking with their 'livestock.'
But, in this vast subject, I shall have to do considerable neglecting or disregarding, myself. I don't see how I can, in this book, take up at all the subject of possible use of humanity to some other mode of existence, or the flattering notion that we can possibly be worth something.
Pigs, geese, and cattle.
First find out that they are owned.
Then find out the whyness of it.
I suspect that, after all, we're useful—that among contesting claimants, adjustment has occurred, or that something now has a legal right to us, by force, or by having paid out analogues of beads for us to former, more primitive, owners of us—all others warned off—that all this has been known, perhaps for ages, to certain ones upon this earth, a cult or order, members of which function like bellwethers to the rest of us, or as superior slaves or overseers, directing us in accordance with instructions received—from Somewhere else—in our mysterious usefulness.
But I accept that, in the past, before proprietorship was established
inhabitants of a host of other worlds have—dropped here, hopped here, wafted, sailed, flown, motored—walked here, for all I know—been pulled here, been pushed; have come singly, have come in enormous numbers; have visited occasionally, have visited periodically for hunting, trading, replenishing harems, mining: have been unable to stay here, have established colonies here, have been lost here; far-advanced peoples, or things, and primitive peoples or whatever they were: white ones, black ones, yellow ones—
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by HanyouSpirit
We really need to get away from terms like good and evil, and use terms like Servant to Self/Servant to Others. That i believe is one improvement we can achieve. Good and Evil seems too subjective, maybe it's just me though ^_^.
it is just you
it does boil down to good and evil
and it always has been
and always will be
there are good aliens just
like there are bad aliens.
This goes for humans as well.
It's a constant battle of opposing
forces on a daily basis.
Originally posted by Risco
Of course there are evil aliens, but with bad there is always the opposite. I can assure you that if we had been visited by the truly malevolent ones we would not be here right now.
Originally posted by Risco
Of course there are evil aliens, but with bad there is always the opposite. I can assure you that if we had been visited by the truly malevolent ones we would not be here right now.
Originally posted by RKallisti
Originally posted by Risco
Of course there are evil aliens, but with bad there is always the opposite. I can assure you that if we had been visited by the truly malevolent ones we would not be here right now.
Oh, really? What makes you think that?
You think that if they'd come they'd wipe you all out of existence? Is that it?
No, you got it wrong. Their interest lies not in mindless destruction and pointless slaughter. Their interests lie in subversion, enslavement and control. If you need cattle, you're not going to go for world annihilation. What profit would you get from that?
edit on 20-11-2010 by RKallisti because: (no reason given)