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heirarchical model,
Originally posted by Scramjet76
reply to post by Bhadhidar
heirarchical model,
Well just look to nature my friend. What do you see when you see an insect getting eaten by a mouse who gets killed by snake that dies at the hand of a hawk? You don't think nature is heirarchical?
Please dude...
Originally posted by Scramjet76
Here is the situation from what I see:
The gov't is powerless. In fact that is why they are silent. China is silent on the UFO thing now too because they realize what's going on.
Now onto "the aliens." . Michio Kaku and other scientists have stated on record that the most likely form of "contact" would be a scenario like 2001: A Space Odyseey. This is what will happen. Except instead of monoliths which have a beacon, they are gradually waking us up via some very well documented incidents that have been going on all over the planet for decades and possibly since the dawn of man. Anyone have a better idea?
Yes but we are supposed to have the "higher brains" we should be past that and have a completely better way of doing things.
But why would you project terrestrial character foibles onto a species that is (or might be) completely ALIEN to the Earth?
Originally posted by Scramjet76
reply to post by Bhadhidar
But why would you project terrestrial character foibles onto a species that is (or might be) completely ALIEN to the Earth?
Because man, it is the example we have to go on. Don't forget that we are a very intelligent species. Look at the advancements we've made. None of these evolutionary advantages really make alot of sense. Understanding advanced physics and math is no evolutionary advantage to killing a deer with a spear. The only reason we have these advantages is because in some sense we have always been in an "arms race" with eachother. Only through eachother have we achieved such big brains and the ability to understand anything at all! That is the key.
Now that we are approaching Type 1 we are getting into an area that is simply dangerous. Can you imagine invisible terrorists with nukes? Eventually this "evolutionary arms race" is a deadend. The aliens know this. It's normal behavior for Type 0's emerging to Type 1 and this is why they exist. This is their purpose.
Back to heirarchy we see it copied over and over in nature. There's no reason for us or the aliens to assume they know more than "mother nature." We see heirarchy on ATS. We see heirarchy in businesses and schools. We see it in institutions like the government and military. We see it in nature with other creatures. And we see it in the universe. Quark>>Atom>>>Molecule>>>Cell>>>Tissue>>>Organ......
Do you want more examples?
Originally posted by Scramjet76
If you see a couple of ants bullying and killing a beetle are you going to "save the beetle" and stops those "evil ants?" No. It might be a very small footnote from your day but that's it at best! The ants and beetles are so far beneath you in terms of complixity of an organism.
Originally posted by Scramjet76
Dogs can actually do something for us.
Originally posted by Scramjet76
Back to heirarchy we see it copied over and over in nature. There's no reason for us or the aliens to assume they know more than "mother nature." We see heirarchy on ATS. We see heirarchy in businesses and schools. We see it in institutions like the government and military. We see it in nature with other creatures. And we see it in the universe. Quark>>Atom>>>Molecule>>>Cell>>>Tissue>>>Organ......
There isnt really any sort of natural heirachy in reality, everything sits as equal in its own defining way with everything else life is life, that is all that matters in my opinion.
Have you ever seen the complexity of a single celled organism... they arent sacks of fluid with a string of DNA floating in the middle, they are just as complex as you are with dozens of organelles
and given our ever growing understanding of what constitutes 'intelligence'
I find it odd you make comments that type 2's are needed since a type 3 wouldn't (by your opinion) be bothered to deign even interact with a type 0... yet as a type 0 myself, I find it enjoyable to interact with the lower life forms regardless of how 'primitive', (whatever the hell thats supposed to mean when comparing an ant (whos mind is as alien to us as these type 2's are supposed to be to ours) to a human)... Would a type 3 retain a similar outlook?
Originally posted by Scramjet76
reply to post by Char-Lee
Yes but we are supposed to have the "higher brains" we should be past that and have a completely better way of doing things.
Sorry but what have you done for the galaxy lately? These beings have been doing this stuff for eons. I'd guess they probably know what they're doing by now.
I'm guessing that is one of their primary functions... they are stewards over the galaxy and the circle of life. Once a Type 1 civilization makes itself into a Type 2, then they are no longer bound by needing a "home planet." This is when the planet is vacated and new species are allowed to flourish. The process begins again as nature always comes up with a natural "dominant." Once the dominant species approaches Type 1 (Nukes, internet, first steps into space) the process repeats itself. The emerging Type 1 civilization is contacted, DNA is harvested and the species is upgraded to being worthy of the "galactic civilization."
Sorry I know it sucks. But next time remember that fly. His life is only 20 days and he doesn't understand anything at all. We should feel lucky that are brains are big enough to understand the role we play in all this. And obviously these beings aren't here to hurt us or they would have squashed us a long time ago. They are here to help us, but not till we are adapted to their system.
I could be wrong. But I'm seriously thinking this is very probable given the data. I realize it sounds like a bad sci-fi movie and too horrible to be true. And I wouldn't have posted this even a few months ago. But I've been thinking alot lately and trying to put all the pieces together.
The key is the 2 best abduction researchers: Bud Hopkins & David Jacobs. They've been researching it for a long time.
Once Michio Kaku started explaining the concept of Type 0, 1, 2, and 3 civilizations, I applied that framework to the abduction phenomenon. Suddenly UFOs as interplanetary objects but not inter-stellar objects made sense. They are dependant on eachother. They are a true galactic family. The Type 2's need the Type 3's help to get around the galaxy. The Type 3's need the Type 2's to do tasks because I hardly doubt they want to be bothered by some ant (like a human). Instead they have organized themselves in the most logical fashion in a great system that basically "harvests intelligent life."
Originally posted by Scramjet76
Anyone have a better idea?
Instead, the "aliens" seem to be interested in keeping this going as smoothly as possible, and not interfering in any way that would create a large shift all at once. That tends to suggest that they are time travelers. A time traveler would be very interested in doing everything to keep the timeline intact, so they don't end up destroying much of the world they know in the future. Likewise, if a government understood that time travel can make radical changes to current reality, they'd also want to keep it all as quiet and peaceful as possible. They might even subtly encourage the idea that "aliens" are involved, rather than time travelers, which is something potentially much more dangerous.