Our society is clearly enamored of the expectation not only that there is life on other planets, but that incidences of intelligent life, including other civilizations, occur in large numbers in the Universe. Intelligent life should be common and widespread throughout the galaxy. Some estimated in 1974, that a million civilizations may exist in our Milky Way galaxy alone. Given that our galaxy is but one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the Universe, the number of intelligent alien species would then be enormous. There are biases both for and against the possibility of intelligent life in the Universe. The majority are leaning towards a full disclosure of alien life; however, much of it may be based on perception that we have been programmed into accepting based on years of science fiction films, TV shows and books. There needs to be an objective discussion on what the darker side may be to the alien question. The idea of a million civilizations of intelligent creatures in our galaxy is a breathtaking concept but this opens up bigger can of extra-terrestrial worms as we are now hearing that the Solar System we live in appears to be changing rapidly. Once life originates on a planet, it evolves toward ever higher complexity, culminating on many planets in the development of culture. That is certainly what happened on our Earth. Life originated here about 4 billion years ago and then evolved from single-celled organisms to multicellular creatures with tissues and organs. There were also planet and animals that appeared in a second genesis which happened simultaneously. Included in this scenario is the prospect of engineers and or Gods that increased the complexity of life by creating the finality of death and the possible confinement of man to the planet so that creation would remain in its habitat.
Sitting on our pale blue dot and staring out at the Universe, it’s easy to get excited about all the places we could go. But despite advances in rocket science, the reality is that our species remains trapped on Earth. Our technology has reached the edge of the Solar System, but no human has yet set foot on another planet. And there’s a good reason for that, we each owe the Universe a debt that’s around 4.5 billion years old. Around 4.5 billion years ago, gravity convinced trillions and trillions of particles of dust to come together and form our planet, according to some scientists, something that cost a significant amount of energy. The effort of this planetary formation created a gravity prison, trapping us in the process. NASA recently discovered what appears to be a force field over Earth, fueling the fire over whether our planet has been under spiritual and physical quarantine as many have suggested. According to Daniel Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the electron barrier exists in the Van Allen belts, a pair of donut-shaped belts that ring the Earth teeming with protons and electrons. The Earth’s magnetic field holds the belts in place, but the scientist says that the electrons in these belts, which travel at nearly the speed of light are being blocked by some invisible force that reminded him of the kind of shields used in television series like Star Trek to stop alien energy weapons from vaporizing starships.
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Sitting on our pale blue dot and staring out at the Universe, it’s easy to get excited about all the places we could go. But despite advances in rocket science, the reality is that our species remains trapped on Earth. Our technology has reached the edge of the Solar System, but no human has yet set foot on another planet. And there’s a good reason for that, we each owe the Universe a debt that’s around 4.5 billion years old. Around 4.5 billion years ago, gravity convinced trillions and trillions of particles of dust to come together and form our planet, according to some scientists, something that cost a significant amount of energy. The effort of this planetary formation created a gravity prison, trapping us in the process. NASA recently discovered what appears to be a force field over Earth, fueling the fire over whether our planet has been under spiritual and physical quarantine as many have suggested. According to Daniel Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the electron barrier exists in the Van Allen belts, a pair of donut-shaped belts that ring the Earth teeming with protons and electrons. The Earth’s magnetic field holds the belts in place, but the scientist says that the electrons in these belts, which travel at nearly the speed of light are being blocked by some invisible force that reminded him of the kind of shields used in television series like Star Trek to stop alien energy weapons from vaporizing starships.