Why have no advanced civilizations visited Earth? One theory says civilizations advance until they destroy themselves. I think they advance until they realize they're better off staying home.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. --Ambrose Bierce
Another theory says we need more warm, personal enemies:
ReplyDeleteI don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me. Clare Booth Luce
I'm lonesome. They are all dying. I have hardly a warm personal enemy left. James Whistler
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. Antisthenes
Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind. Gene Fowler
I call to the world to distrust the accounts of my friends, but listen to my enemies, as I myself do. Walt Whitman
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters,
and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde
Now who says they haven't? You apparently haven't visited any Native American websites or sat in on cultural discussions about that very premise, that indeed 'advanced stellar civilizations' have visited earth and created/harnessed us for their own use mining the earth's surface for a mineral they needed. Or words to that effect. Check it out.
ReplyDeleteThis idea of "loneliness" is much overrated. Yes, we appear to be social beings, at least for purposes of procreation and sport; however, most social gatherings tend to be confusing with too many voices on one wavelength - the individual mind. Then there's the serenity and equanimity of living in a grand old Forest that a State has promised not to cut down so cow dung can cover it. We feel so graced and privileged to be a part of such abundant life. That said, it's hart for me to feel lonely when at least on a weekly basis I see/encounter a coyote, bear, marten, old man porcupine, and all their buddies. Yes, their lives are tough, but unlike us, they appear to be at peace with it - even part of the great matters of life and death.
DeleteI am so fortunate to be able to sit and write with a panorama of pines, pugilistic hummingbirds, even those antic red squirrels. All that said, maybe it's my age -- a time for pulling back from the world's honks and shrieks. On the other hand, I've been doing this for 20 years, since I was 47 years old. Talk about making a home! There's a book called "At Home in the Universe." Worth the read; however my take is slightly different" "At home in the Forest." Really, it's all the space I need. JP Savage