reply to post by undo
just a reply to undo...
I'm not really a 'sceptic'...not sure how one would go about getting such a moniker...OK, that was just stupid of me, trying to write as if I was a
PhD or somethng....
Let's say I want to provide full disclosure, about me...'cause it's always about me, n'est pas?
I can understand that we humans are not the only sentient beings in our Galaxy...that should be a given, but many do not think it is even a starting
point for discussion...
This is where I begin to think that, from the perspective of ME, and us...we get a little too full of our own sense of superiority. I can't find the
right word...oh!! it is hubris to opine that we are the 'end all and be all' of the incredible Universe that we are, IMHO, just a teeny tiny small
part of.
I understand how our little planet, the one we call 'Earth' has evolved. I expect that in the vastness of probabilities, others have evolved as
well, in different Systems. When you understand the idea that 10,000 years is NOTHING compared to the millions of years...or the billions of
years...you may begin to understand.
I pointed out that our species, 'Homosapien'...has been around for a few thousand years...let's say 10,000, since I mentioned it in the last
paragraph.
IN the course of cosmic evolution, it is but a moment, less even than that.
We toss around terms like 'year' because we know, from our experience, that the planet we happen to live on takes one 'year' to complete its
orbit.
Our society is based on this cycle, because due to seasonal changes, we had to learn, as an agricultural people, when to plant and when to harvest.
Religions grew up, during these times...some good, some not so good...it was, religion, was, IMO, an attempt for early thinkers to comprehend the
world around them. At this early stage of development, science was not in the fore-front, it was human envy and human emotion that dominated.
Science, though, keeps poking in ... and those that want to control believers in magic...the uninformed who believe in 'magic'...will always be
there.
This is not meant to 'de-bunk' anything...it is just a statement of logic...
So...am I a sceptic? Well, yes, until I am proven wrong about what I percieve to be 'true'. Show me something I can wrap my head around, as the
phrase goes, and then I am on your bus!!