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The
'Little Earth' Factor
By
Donna Lyon Rhose
I've
often thought that, if there really are space aliens observing us, and
if the aliens were truly wise, they would most likely not save us. They
would not save any of us because we would have to prove worth saving;
and in order to do that, we would really have to save ourselves; lest
in these space brethren saving us we only regenerate to put the Earth
back into the same state as we have it in today. It is a bed we ourselves
have made, after all; and we would need to sleep in it whether or not
we awoke.
Or, is that the truth of it?
There could be other reasons for saving us... or at least a portion
of us. Perhaps the aliens might save some of us out of curiosity
or sympathy... or to put some of us in an elaborate zoo... Besides,
technological superiority does not necessarily confer any real wisdom,
as we as a species can certainly attest.
However we may protest, our species is a part of this planet. No matter
what, we are tied to Her fate, whether or not we may survive. I could
not see implanting us elsewhere, at least at this point of development,
as we still belong to the system of the Earth – to Gaia.
Which brings me back to whether a “wise” group of aliens would
make any attempt to save us? I think the answer really depends on whether
or not there is an interest in saving Gaia Herself.
If nothing else, I would think that Gaia is concerned whether or not
we survive. It is our capabilities and possibilities that make us important
rather than what we have or have not done as a species. And it is actually
what we are that may bear the most weight on Her mind in the end.
We have the capability to care beyond our individual persons or family
group. We are capable of caring about other species as well as human
strangers and to act upon that caring. We are capable of helping other
species in need, even when that species would have a natural proclivity
to cause humans harm. It is our ability to project beyond our own personal
sphere of being that has allowed for this capability to arise. It is
an evolvement that is still in its process.
As a species, we have a true innate desire to communicate and befriend
other species, seeking to understand and interrelate with them. We often
take other species into our homes for the sole desire of their friendship,
companionship and love. There is as much desire in many humans to understand
the natural world as to control it as we seek to find ways of working
within nature. This, too, is in an evolutionary process.
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