Deep Think or flip cogitation?
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In conversations the past few days, I’ve been “assaulted” by
the suggestion that the whole UFO [UAP] topic is flush with shallow thought and
slight hypothetical rumination.
I sort of agree.
For instance, that the extraterrestrial explanation for the phenom- enon is at the top of the agenda explaining the UFO source is jarring in its simplicity and foolishness: travel from another star system or galaxy is outrageous as a possibility, but a species from within or near our solar system could have mastered the distant (or time) factors confronting space travel.
Yet, no one (or few) have worked out the contingencies. ET be- lievers just smudge over the problems that exist within the UFO ET hypothesis, accepting the idea as legitimate.
And the other vicissitudes of alien species are also ignored, their likeness to us accepted as a given.
Yet, has anyone considered the possible or moral considerations that may be intrinsic to an interstellar species? Not the advanced thinking but the moral/ethical impositions. Are they intact or absent or of a totally different kind than that with which humanity struggles?
For instance, might a non-Earth species be prohibited from killing sentient species of any kind? Or are they biologically or mentally unable to strike down other life-forms, evolving outside a struggle to survive process, as humans have been subjected to?
In an alien civilization, the process of existence might be wholly different, psychologically, neurologically, if such attributes are even a matter of their “evolution.”
The human condition may be (and is, I think) totally unique.
The ET speculation is treated cavalierly in UFO circles, even here where some persons of brilliance have stunted their thinking by adopting extraterrestrial tropes founded on fictional (sci-fi) considerations.
No Deep Think has arisen in my readership here, not even sensible rebuttal, just blowback of an ignorant (Reddit or Facebook) kind.
Then there is the ongoing call for continued review of old UFO cases, where some think the UFO explanation lies hidden.
You know my view(s) on that.
I sort of agree.
For instance, that the extraterrestrial explanation for the phenom- enon is at the top of the agenda explaining the UFO source is jarring in its simplicity and foolishness: travel from another star system or galaxy is outrageous as a possibility, but a species from within or near our solar system could have mastered the distant (or time) factors confronting space travel.
Yet, no one (or few) have worked out the contingencies. ET be- lievers just smudge over the problems that exist within the UFO ET hypothesis, accepting the idea as legitimate.
And the other vicissitudes of alien species are also ignored, their likeness to us accepted as a given.
Yet, has anyone considered the possible or moral considerations that may be intrinsic to an interstellar species? Not the advanced thinking but the moral/ethical impositions. Are they intact or absent or of a totally different kind than that with which humanity struggles?
For instance, might a non-Earth species be prohibited from killing sentient species of any kind? Or are they biologically or mentally unable to strike down other life-forms, evolving outside a struggle to survive process, as humans have been subjected to?
In an alien civilization, the process of existence might be wholly different, psychologically, neurologically, if such attributes are even a matter of their “evolution.”
The human condition may be (and is, I think) totally unique.
The ET speculation is treated cavalierly in UFO circles, even here where some persons of brilliance have stunted their thinking by adopting extraterrestrial tropes founded on fictional (sci-fi) considerations.
No Deep Think has arisen in my readership here, not even sensible rebuttal, just blowback of an ignorant (Reddit or Facebook) kind.
Then there is the ongoing call for continued review of old UFO cases, where some think the UFO explanation lies hidden.
You know my view(s) on that.
Deep Think is absent in UFO quarters, caused by the ill-reading habits of most of the ufological crowd, many steeped in UFO lore but little else.
Can this be corrected? I’m afraid it can’t be…"social media think" has grabbed the process of thought molded it into a mish-mash of supercilious needs for attention and a desire to show other people what one eats, or is doing (of a mundane, hedonistic kind), or what past glories they had – a topic I’ll be treating this week.
RR

