tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330374537332921561.post5120988081803444753..comments2017-08-13T12:30:43.816+10:00Comments on Otoom blog: Should we be scared of aliens?Martin Wurzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04989820793187386783noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330374537332921561.post-46905258399640155862010-09-05T11:18:17.505+10:002010-09-05T11:18:17.505+10:00An interesting post.
To answer the question, one s...An interesting post.<br />To answer the question, one should define it carefully - what does "Should we be scared of aliens?" imply and only then attempt to answer the question based in view of that perspective.<br />A basic fear of the unknown, the fear of change, the loss of dominance as a species, the fear of annihilation of the self or the species, etc.<br />Each different angle of the question would result in a slight variation of the answer. <br />Still, for the purpose of simplicity let us observe our own species and the treatment of other perceived sentient life forms on the planet - life forms that would consider our species as an alien appearance in their environment.<br />Although the points raised above are valid, countless ones are missing though (understandably, as I assume in order to compress the post into a readable length).<br />Amongst all those, two additional qualities should be mentioned, as they are displayed numerous times in the forming and continued forming of our civilisation.<br />Indifference based on ethical non-association and dominance based on the inability to recognize or ethically sympathise with another sentient life form (so far applicable only to life forms on our own planet).<br />In general, those two qualities result in the complete domination of the affected life form, removing the opportunity to be correctly perceived as a sentient life form (which would otherwise result in ethical treatment and the chance of co-existence).<br />We may assume an intelligent alien species has acquired a more complete ethical understanding of other life forms; the basis of this assumption however, remains hypothetical and does not reflect the development of our own species.<br />The answer to the question "Should we be afraid of aliens?" is a definite yes-no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com