I have been thinking about aliens and other galaxies and strange planets recently (District 9 may have been a reason).
And I wonder:
Would it be in fact that humans are the ones who are “alien” to this planet, we call Earth?
After all:
1. We are the only animals who can smile
2. We are the only animals who are intelligent enough to manufacture using earth’s resources
3. We are the only animals who can stand erect on our hind limbs.
4. We are the only beings on earth who cook food
5. We are the only beings on earth who drink milk of other animals.
6. And possibly many more differences.
The fact that humans have to struggle so hard to make the best use of available natural resources, to find the necessity to discover new ways of manufacture and to not care much about what we are doing to this planet, makes me think that may be this earth isn’t our home. Maybe we just dropped by to say hi and lost our ship and were forced to be a part of this planet.
The fact that all other animals seem to fair much better and without stress, makes me think that, that is the way it is supposed to be – all they have to worry about is food. Hunt it and eat it. And even their hunting is part of the ecological balance. We are the only animals that seem like outsiders.
Maybe on the planet we really belong all animals are intelligent and can smile and cook their food and fire is found naturally.Maybe all animals walk on their hind limbs and the products of intelligence of these animals together creates an ecological balance on that planet.
If you thought I were coming to some environmental message. I am not! :)
2 comments:
This also helps explain the big gap between our abilities and those of our apparent predecessors.
Who wrote the Vedas?
Who built the pyramids?
Who ...?
Who ...?
For centuries, the wise people have been trying to figure out what happened between then and now. Why are we apparently less intelligent now?
It seems that they left to the next best thing. Which left us here.
Earth must be the Australia of this galaxy.
Good one. I read a book about this theory. Its in Marathi and its called, "Prithvi var maanus upraach". It explores this idea. I think there are quite a few mysteries...including the ones Saurabh mentions and the gaps that you point out...that make me want to believe in it at least partly.
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