IS THIS ALL THERE IS?

“If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”

- George Carlin

The possibility of life in the universe outside our tiny planet earth has fascinated humanity for millennia. It is the subject of countless science fiction stories, novels, movies, television series, documentaries, and American folklore. Area 51, Roswell, and the Phoenix Lights, are just a few of the many examples of our ongoing obsession with alien life.

Scientific arguments have been made both for and against the likelihood of discovering intelligent alien life from beyond our planet. Arguments for center around the mathematical and statistical assumptions that based on the numbers of stars and planets in the Miky Way galaxy alone there are certainly millions of planets capable of supporting life, and some number of these must harbor life that has evolved to the point of creating civilizations and being capable of space travel. Arguments against claim that although it is likely true there may be millions of alien civilizations out there in the cosmos, we likely will never cross paths with any of them due to the vast distances between even the nearest stars.

Modern scientific discoveries such as black holes, wormholes, and quantum theory have indicated that there are potentially ways of eliminating the problem of distance, making the argument “for” more likely. Films such as Contact and Interstellar have even demonstrated how this might work.

There are those who believe UFOs exist and are constantly in our atmosphere presumably to study us. This includes stories of abductions. Others believe that an alien civilization capable of traveling to earth would be so advanced they would certainly be able to avoid detection, unless they wanted us to know they were here. Or they would have technology so advanced they could study us from afar.

Personally, I agree with George Carlin. And I also believe the universe would not settle. Therefore, there must be alien life elsewhere in the universe, and much of it must be more highly evolved, and more advanced, than homo sapiens. More advanced does not necessarily mean only from a technological perspective, but also likely from an ethical, philosophical, and even spiritual standpoint, as well.

Within the framework of scientific discovery chronicled in my latest novel, “Revision: The Dawn of Awareness,” some of these ideas are touched on, some explored more deeply. There may be countless ways evidence of alien life may be revealed, none of them necessarily requiring direct contact or communication. We may even need to look inside ourselves to find it.

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