>From Mr. Storms: ...
> Who is doing this planting of coordinated vision? Who wants us to > believe in aliens? The government is doing everything it can to kill > this belief. Just some idle off-the-wall speculation follows...a fable of sorts: Once upon a time there existed a civilization millions of years more advanced than the human race. In their vast travels it was inevitable that they would eventually come across our planet, the one filled with homo sapiens and a few sentient aquatic species. They noticed that the sentient land animals seemed to spend a lot of time scurrying about on the surface as they went about the businesses of going here to there. They also noticed that these creatures didn't seem to be taking very good care of their planet, and oh, how they often seemed to argue amongst each other. They pondered these issues for a millennium or two, or perhaps it was for only a couple of microseconds - time can be such an ephemeral state of mind. Eventually they decided that it would be a nice friendly gesture if they left them a few suggestions before they went on their way. After all, they themselves had been around for a few million years, and as such, they had acquired a few useful pointers, as well as a few bloopers. But how should they go about introducing themselves? And what would they say? They certainly didn't want to come off as too pushy. From past experience they knew it was best to let children play with minimal parental supervision. They pondered how these creatures seemed to perceive the concept of advanced civilizations, and how such advanced civilizations would likely communicate with them. They accumulated a lot iconic visions which seemed to gravitate around the concept of space ships and little spindly creatures with large heads. After all, advanced races would HAVE to have undeveloped bodies (lack of physical use) but large heads in order to contain large super-advanced brains, an absolute prerequisite if one is going to go about traveling vast distances across the universe. "OK", they thought. "We can do that." "Now, what should we talk about? And while we're at it, let's make sure our messages are consistent. From past experience we know how easy it is to misinterpret what we're trying to suggest. We don't want to confuse them! As we all know, children seem to benefit the most through rote repetition." Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
