02-21-2009, 06:43 PM
Hello everyone,
I keep an eye on mainstream space and science news and blogs, because I'm always interested in seeing where the mainstream might intersect with alternative ideas (as are presented on this forum and the L/L archive site, and the LOO in general).
As we know from the Ra material, face to face ET and Human encounters has happened several times in the past, although such notions are almost without question considered science fiction according to most. It's my general thought that such an encounter could happen again, or perhaps even publicly happen, when humanity is adequately prepared for it. If a majority believed it could happen and would be willing to accept it. It would not be a violation of freewill with a majority consent (I believe I am correct in this thinking- but am open to speculation)
So with that in mind I try to watch out for areas where 'conditioning' might be happening. It's been happening for a long time in movies and books, not so much from the scientific community though. Well, I came across these two links from Space.com today:
Regarding the billions and billions of potential 'Earths' in the universe:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/09...-life.html
And what would happen to our society if we discovered ET life:
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/09021...pacts.html
The later article starts out with the grand idea of discovering an intelligent civilization but then backs down quickly to the microbe level. What I did find interesting from this one though is that there was a 3 day summit held to discuss the ramifications. I quote:
The impact of such news would be significant and, at this point, largely unknown. So to get a better grip on how astrobiological discoveries would play out, the SETI Institute and the NASA Astrobiology Institute recently held a three-day workshop to bring together scientists, ethicists, historians, lawyers, anthropologists, and the media to consider the societal consequences of this type of research.
Interesting, no? Perhaps news is just slow at Space.com and they need to keep reader interest. It could easily be the case. Or, it could just be a secondary agenda to promote the idea during slow news periods. Who could say?
I keep an eye on mainstream space and science news and blogs, because I'm always interested in seeing where the mainstream might intersect with alternative ideas (as are presented on this forum and the L/L archive site, and the LOO in general).
As we know from the Ra material, face to face ET and Human encounters has happened several times in the past, although such notions are almost without question considered science fiction according to most. It's my general thought that such an encounter could happen again, or perhaps even publicly happen, when humanity is adequately prepared for it. If a majority believed it could happen and would be willing to accept it. It would not be a violation of freewill with a majority consent (I believe I am correct in this thinking- but am open to speculation)
So with that in mind I try to watch out for areas where 'conditioning' might be happening. It's been happening for a long time in movies and books, not so much from the scientific community though. Well, I came across these two links from Space.com today:
Regarding the billions and billions of potential 'Earths' in the universe:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/09...-life.html
And what would happen to our society if we discovered ET life:
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/09021...pacts.html
The later article starts out with the grand idea of discovering an intelligent civilization but then backs down quickly to the microbe level. What I did find interesting from this one though is that there was a 3 day summit held to discuss the ramifications. I quote:
The impact of such news would be significant and, at this point, largely unknown. So to get a better grip on how astrobiological discoveries would play out, the SETI Institute and the NASA Astrobiology Institute recently held a three-day workshop to bring together scientists, ethicists, historians, lawyers, anthropologists, and the media to consider the societal consequences of this type of research.
Interesting, no? Perhaps news is just slow at Space.com and they need to keep reader interest. It could easily be the case. Or, it could just be a secondary agenda to promote the idea during slow news periods. Who could say?
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