Grand Paradigms Case Study: The Harmony of the Spheres
If I were to encounter an alien, and I were capable of communicating with it, the questions which I would ask could be split into two categories. Some of the questions would be technical, demanding knowledge of techniques unknown to Mankind and theories yet to be discovered. The answers to this kind of questions would certainly be useful to the human race, putting us ahead in time.
There is another kind of questions, however, which would be much more interesting to hear answers to: Philosophical queries. The chance that this alien race would have developed separately from the life on Earth is extremely probable, which entails that its thinkers would have come to different conclusions than those of Mankind.
A plausible approach would be to pose the traditional philosophical questions, comparing the answers to those of our philosophers. The questions could be along the lines of “How did life start?”, “Where do we come from?”, “Is there a supreme being?”, “What is good and what is evil?”, “Are our lives set?”, and ultimately “What is the meaning of life?”.
Since it is highly unlikely that these questions have set answers, the questions are posed in order to provoke a discussion. Another species’ perspective on several of the mentioned questions could certainly help our own philosophers. For example, this alien race might strongly believe that the meaning of life is to reproduce, to expand their empire, to serve one’s superior or to have fun. In the answer to this question, we would probably also see how their civilization shaped after this view on life, and we might even be able to see how the beliefs of our race have characterized the civilizations of Earth.
If the alien race is superior in technology and knowledge, there are some questions which I would never as. These are problems which are philosophical on our level, but might have been solved with the extraterrestrial technologies. Imagine asking if our two places are the only inhabited ones in the Universe, and receiving a definite answer. Whatever the reply, it would frighten me. Same goes for questions such as “Is there a supreme being?” and “Is there a meaning of life?”
If it was revealed that life lacked a meaning and living was pointless, the human race would plunge to misery as no-one would retain their will to fight on knowing that what they fought for and whatever they achieved would make no difference in the end.movies tgpaza moviesfight bum moviemovies shot free cumclips lexington movie steelemovies tits freemovies amateur sapphicdownload xxx movie free Mapamauteur pornamautur pornporn free videos amayureporn amazing freeamazing maria ozawa pornsgallery amazing pornoamazon porn cartoonporn women strong amazon Map
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