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Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
When I look up at the stars at night, I just have to wonder who or what is
looking back at me from some distant planet in some distant galaxy. We’ve all
probably wondered what lies beyond our small, self-contained little world. The
question many have pondered is whether or not there is intelligent life beyond
earth. In the words of Metrodorus, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century,
"To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as
absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will
grow." I believe that intelligent extraterrestrial life does exist.
Critics of the theory of intelligent life beyond earth will argue that there is
no such thing because they’ve never seen a "little green man." There are those
who want proof of extraterrestrial life before they can accept the fact that
there is any life besides what is on our Earth. They have a point. I’ve never
seen an alien. I’ve never talked to anyone whose had a "close encounter."
Sure, we’ve all seen the shows on TV with convincing footage of flying saucers,
but we have no actual proof of intelligent life dependent from earth.
It is true that we have no evidence of intelligent life beyond earth, but to
claim that none exists because we’ve never seen aliens is like saying that the
atom doesn’t exist because you can’t see one. We who have a grasp of our
physical surroundings, and a basic knowledge of chemistry realize that the atom
is the basic building block of matter.
Those who say that there is no intelligent life other than our own need to
realize several things. First, our universe is infinite. This leaves literally
infinit...
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...ence, why is our government so concerned
about it?
Although we can’t prove the existence of intelligent life beyond earth, it is
very likely that it does exist. When one considers the vast infinite universe
we live in, it would be completely foolish to believe that life on earth is
unique. It is not just me who says that other intelligent life exists, though.
Many scientists and philosophers have speculated about life on other planets for
centuries, and today the search for life is a major driving factor in space
exploration. Extraterrestrial life is not just an idea reserved for those who
watch The X-files every night with all the lights out, it is an important
concept in our current space-age, and to ignore the fact that extraterrestrial
life would be like those of our ancestors who refused to believe that the world
was round.
In ancient Greek society women lived hard lives on account of men's patriarch built communities. Women were treated as property. Until about a girl’s teens she was "owned" by her father or lived with her family. Once the girl got married she was possessed by her husband along with all her belongings. An ancient Greece teenage girl would marry about a 30-year-old man that she probably never met before. Many men perceived women as being not being human but creatures that were created to produce children, please men, and to fulfill their household duties. A bride would not even be considered a member of the family until she produced her first child. In addition to having a child, which is a hard and painful task for a teenage girl in ancient civilization to do, the husband gets to decide if he wants the baby. A baby would be left outside to die if the husband was not satisfied with it; usually this would happen because the child was unhealthy, different looking, or a girl.
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