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Mathematical possibility of being alone in the Universe is so absurd that you have to be truly illiterate to consider it. In the worst case scenario, think of the Christian Bible: God is presented there as being an extraterrestrial entity. Now, specific to ignorance is, it lasts FOREVER: nothing and nobody could change it, not even the GREAT CREATOR!

Some of us know as a true fact that we are observed and supervised by aliens, for quite sometime. The problem is: what should we, the people, do about that? Nothing. We should mind our day to day life the best we can. That is the so called "contact with an alien Civilization" and it is, indeed, a delicate situation, especially if you do not know how to handle it.

First of all, we need to be aware that an alien observer is an objective one. We need to define this "objective" term, because we are certain few people know its meaning. Life situations may be analyzed in two modes: "subjectively" or "objectively". In the subjective mode, the person who does the analysis has his/her judgment impaired by personal considerations; for example, love, hate, or antipathy. In the objective mode, the person who analyzes the issue is totally impartial. Of course, the objective mode of analysis is the right one, though that is not easy to achieve.

As mentioned, an alien observer of our Human Civilization is an objective one, which is exactly the way things should be. The propaganda displayed in movies is, aliens come on our beautiful planet to take all our "resources", and to kill/eat us all. We are confident the aliens would do just that if they were plain idiots. However, a Civilization capable of Interstellar Transport Technology is, most likely, about one thousand times more intelligent than we are today. The true problem is: how can we show to any alien Civilization that we are not primitive, brainless animals?

Regarding those precious "resources" of ours, the only resource a Civilization has is its intelligence. That intelligence is more precious than mountains of gold, oceans of oil, and truckloads of diamonds. Just try to imagine that all those mountains of gold are already here, someplace on a planet or satellite in our very own, close by, Planetary System. We have entire planets/satellites covered in solid methane which is sufficient to keep us using our dear "internal combustion engines" working for, say, one million years. We are absolutely positive there are tons of diamonds just waiting to be rapaciously picked up on the moons of Saturn, for example. Problem is, in order to get those "dear resources" we need to develop an efficient Interplanetary Transport Technology, and that requires ... intelligence--very much intelligence!

Others would say that our most valuable treasure is our very planet, with its oxygen, water, plants and animals, just as it is. Fair enough. The bad part is we do not know how to appreciate that true "wealth" of ours. Yes, our dear little planet with its dirt, misery, and all, is indeed the most important. However, if some alien species would want to take it from us--because we are not able to take care of it responsibly--then there is simply nothing we could do. For us, an alien Civilization capable of interstellar travel has the intelligence level of a God.
 

Anyway, before thinking of protecting our "resources", we should think about how we could account for the way we take care of our planet to those aliens, to God(s), or to the CREATOR--or to Mother Nature if you prefer; the name used is totally not important. Fact is, regardless of who is out there--this is aliens, Gods, or the CREATOR--we should mind our tasks which are: taking very good care of our planet, and of our Human Civilization, this time in an intelligent manner. If we do our duty the proper way, nobody is going to come here and take anything from us. We would become equal in intelligence, in compassion, and in motivations to any alien Civilization, to any God, and even to the GREAT CREATOR himself. Wow! That would be really nice!

We have followed for many years the evolution of India, because we consider our actual Civilization has deep roots in that particular piece of land, and in those particular people. We are not Indian citizens, but we feel that India does belong, somehow, to us. Our World would not be the same without that wonderful little piece of land, and without those Indian people. In the same time, we feel that Africa belongs to us all, and USA, and ... Fact is, we feel the entire planet belongs to us, and we do not want to see any little piece of it destroyed or neglected. Sure, local people, the citizens of those particular countries, are the first ones to "own", and to take care of their piece of land. However, the entire planet belongs to us all, therefore we are all responsible.

We use these words "belonging" and "owning" in an improper way, because the true meaning is "we owe something to" or "we should care for" our planet. That is similar to giving birth and raising children. The parents do "own" their children, but that "owning" means they have the duty to protect and educate their children the best way possible. Now, we can either do our duty intelligently, or we can do it sloppily.

We should do our duty of intelligent species living in harmony on planet Terra, and of building together our Human Civilization. The aliens may come and go: they are welcome anyway, but that doesn't matter. Who cares? Not us. We are certain there are billion species out there, but we just don't care about that--well, not very much. Our first, capital problems are: here, today, tomorrow, and us. In other words, our planet and our Civilization, because each of these two is in a terrible crisis today.

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First published on July 25, 2005 
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