Introduction to aliens
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Now possibly you and the majority of people an imagine alien as the picture at the right top of the page. This may be true, it may be not true, but we will never quite know for a while yet, but of course there is a lot more to aliens than just supposedly flying UFO's around and looking like that. This is what this project is about, and this page is an introduction to aliens.
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[edit] What are aliens?
The dictionanary defines the word 'alien' into three meanings:
- A being from another planet
- A stranger
- A foreigner
Ironically, a being from another planet would fit the description of the second and third meanings.
Closely linked with extraterrestrials are ultradimensionals, and some theories that extraterrestrials are actually ultradimensional creatures travelling to our dimension. (Although, ultradimensionalism could also be attributed to a wide variety of phenomenon, such as ghosts, shadow people, dopplegangers etc...)
- Main article: Alien Appearance
The appearance of an 'alien' cannot be generalised. If this were possible, then a being from another planet could give the general description of an Earthling as a large creature with big ears and a trunk (an elephant). This would not be a true generalisation as the inhabitants of Earth are split into diverse species, genus groups etc... (the Elephant fits into the family 'Elephantidae'), but we don't all go round with long trunks. Instead here is a brief description on some of the most common/well-known 'extraterrestrials'.
[edit] Grey
This is the most common Extraterrestrial (ET) reported. They are generally reported to be small (3-5 ft), with frail looking bodies, and disproportionally large heads). They communicate with humans and other Greys telepathically or with hand gestures. The most striking feature of this ET are the big, slanted jet black eyes. With the absence of the pupil (the area of the eye responsible for taking in light), it has been theorised by such prominant researchers as Linda Howw, that the blackness is actually a lense. Upon hearing an encounter, Linda believes that the lense acts as a device to help the ETs cope with our light frequency, and that they do infact have pupils, which are slanted like a cat's.
[edit] Alien Intelligence
- Main article: Alien Intelligence
[edit] Communication
Some aliens may be intelligent, but that does not mean they can develop advanced ways to communicate with us (e.g. telepathy).
Dolphins and whales have beautiful brains, showing an impressively convoluted cortex, the brain's top layer and most advanced component. And in the case of the bottle-noses dolphin the brain in 25 percent more massive than our own, though the body weight which the brain must control is greater. Dissected from its skull, the dolphin brain looks more advanced than a human brain, yet we have been unable to communicate with that brain at any higher level than we are able to communicate with an intelligent dog. We may imagine there is more intelligence in the dolphin than in any dog, but we are barred from any meaningful communication by the different nature of its brain and sensory system. We do not have this problem with the chimp and more progress has been made. But the researchers are dealing with a lower order of capacity than that possessed by us, and chimps are never going to share our understanding of the Universe. We can only communicate at a simple level and this is generally with rewards of food.
It is a sad fact that the two most intelligent animals on the planet, after humans, have to be given food to persuade them to interact with us: in artificial set-ups, chimps and dolphins co-operate with us in order to eat. Though they are intelligent mammals and we are intelligent mammals, all of the same evolutionary group, we have not learnt anything about their inner thoughts and they can know nothing of ours.
Whether or not in the future we will be able to improve our relations with the brightest of our fellow mammals remains to be seen. The point is that this situation puts communications with ETs into perspective. The gaps between ourselves and other intelligent mammals may be small compared to those which could exist between ourselves and any ETs, whether they might be broadcasting across the light-years or here studying us from flying saucers. We have to allow for the nature of evolution and the great periods of time involved in its processes, which may mean that our nearest ETs could be millions of years ahead of us and less able to communicate with us than we are with a chimp or dolphin.
[edit] Existence of aliens
As mentioned there is no actual confirmation that aliens exist, however the theory speaks for itself due to the infinite universe and the fact of a Habitable zone in planetary solar systems which may result in planets just like Earth. The weak technologies of spacetravel make it impossible to travel outside of the solar system meaning we can't explore the universe to find alien life ourselves. We can only test this theory if satellites, telescopes, and probes can discover habitable worlds just like Earth, but what you have to remember is that different life may need different habitable requirements to live, as they evolve by enviroment. Meaning we cannot deny or fully confirm alien life exists.
