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| (In)Famous Grey Alien |
Have you seen the flying saucers, till date? Did UFOs ever chase you, in dark nights? Have grey aliens have tried to contact you, telepathically? Have you ever met with extraterrestrial aliens, face to face? Have aliens abducted you, your own family members, your friends, your town's mayor or just in case - your beloved dog or cat?
Although I've brutally bombarded you with above questions, I understand that most of us may not be able to answer them due to lack of sightings of or direct encounters with the extraterrestrial aliens. Whatever millions of people in this world claim to know, perceive or think about the aliens is the ultimate product of stories shared by those few thousand people who have witnessed, experienced or gone through sightings, contacts, meetings, home visits, mind control experiments, under-skin implants and abductions.
I’m an authoritative, expert or an experienced figure of this extraordinary field. Also, I don't have any intentions to deny the claims made or evidences produced by the thousands of people. Since I’ve not encountered aliens myself till date, I sincerely think that it’s better not to bluntly comment about same, over here. If it is so then why a long article should be written about them in the first place? After all, exactly what this article is all about?
Well! The sole purpose to write this article was to challenge our thought process, best knowledge and imagination to find answer some greatest questions i. e. Would aliens have emotions (just like us)? If they would then exactly how they might be expressing them? The way we do or entirely differently?
Before we dive deep into this great and thrilling topic, please let me clarify here that emotions only are or can be expressed through face or facial expressions is a grave misconception in the first place. Just THROW IT AWAY, like a piece of stinking garbage, once and for all!
When we talk about aliens or extraterrestrials (ETs) then two contrasting images of them come into our minds - the first is of invading, aggressive, experimenting and exploiting creatures and the second is of friendly, prophesizing, helping and warning beings. I think that science fiction movies, TV serials, novels, articles and witness interviews have added to both kinds of images, almost at an equal proportion.
Still, it’s critically important for all of us know that whether they're emotional beings like us or not. Emotions drive us and make to act because they're nothing but the proven survival strategies that evolved over the millions of years of our biological evolution. Without having emotions, feelings and sentiments; we'd simply turn into mechanical robots and nothing else. Don't you think so? Really?
Over last few decades, we've been exposed to diversified depictions of extraterrestrial aliens, who swiftly travel in the space by the Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). Nowadays, such sightings are regarded as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP). However, there're some creatures living alongside us on the planet Earth who exhibit the intelligence that appears almost alien in nature.
A few months ago, I saw a very interesting episode of the famous Through the Wormhole (2010 - 2017) TV serial - How do aliens think? (Season 4, Episode 4) . In the episode, there was a small section entirely dedicated to emotions, their perception and their physical expressions. According to one speculation made in it, aliens might be having emotions. It was very humorous to watch the mourning and boozing aliens.
It was not really meant to be a serious statement or a claim about emotions in the extraterrestrial aliens but it was an attempt of giving a humorous touch to the very serious scientific lookout. Still, it’s a very thought provoking speculation and ultimately making some predictions about the possible outcome of interactions between us and the extraterrestrial aliens, if at all it happens in the near future.
We cannot prove about existence of emotions in aliens until we don’t observe their nonverbal behavior or body language systematically. If there are intelligent alien species out there in universe who might have evolved biologically on their home planets then they might have few traits, instincts and qualities that match with what earth bound creatures should have.
Even if those extraterrestrial beings might have evolved in entirely different ways or would have strange genetic blueprint then still emotions might have evolved into them - if not all seven basic emotions then at least few like fear and anger. However, I'm personally doubtful about emotions like happiness, disgust, sadness etc. being present alien biological species.
Fear is most ancient and a prevalent emotion which was evolved in all living creatures on earth and plants also might have similar kind of reflex. Fear is what makes any creature to avoid getting harmed, injured, affected or eventually killed by predators, troubling creatures, adverse climate, diseases, competition, alienation, resource depletion etc.
Why it might be a primary behavioral reflex because it served core purpose of survival and continuation of species? Don't you really think that technological advancement is also a positive product of fear? Fundamentally, all reflexes, emotions, adaptations, traits and qualities are and should be supportive to survival and proliferation of any species. If they are not then there is no benefit in having them in the first place.
Was fear sufficient for survival and continuation of species? Ancestral creatures had to shed fear and chase, pursue, attack, hunt, catch and kill somebody to survive by feeding on it. Hence anger or aggression must have been another powerful emotion in ancient natural world. Anger is exactly opposite to fear but still has physiological implications similar to that of fear. Both emotions are two poles of same planet.
Human or mammalian emotions like sadness, surprise, happiness, disgust and contempt might have evolved when our remote ancestors needed to develop them for overcoming different environmental, physical, climatic, dietary and social challenges. Some random genetic mutations or even viral infection might have led to the development of emotions in our remote ancestors.
So if any technologically advanced biological species has evolved and survived in its local environment over a significant amount of cosmological time then it may have something like all earth bound creatures do have i. e. senses, reflexes, emotions, temperaments, qualities, features, traits and different types of defenses i. e. social, mental, physical, psychological and technological.
I personally think that if extraterrestrial aliens are non-biological and emotionless robots then they shouldn’t (feel the necessity to) leave their planets upon facing extinction, running out of resources, caught in the ecosystem collapse or having their planets on the verge of doom. Why should they get afraid of their extinction if they don't have any emotions? Similarly, purely spiritual, ethereal and non-physical entities shouldn't bother about death.
However, if any species wants to be more advanced (in comparison to others), it has to be able to monitor emotions consciously and remain composed for most of time so that physical, psychological and mental efficiency and capacities could be enhanced and multiplied beyond normal levels in comparison to other species to be able to outdo them. Matter of fact is that controlling or dominating others technologically could be the sole purpose and goal.
Hence if any alien race is far more advanced, harmonious than us and essentially has succeeded in surviving from their own mistakes then members of that species might be able to control and suppress their negative emotions and corresponding bodily expressions consciously. This is exactly what Neocortex supposedly does inside our brain i. e. advanced and energy hungry brain circuits that monitor emotions and try to regulate them.
What if alien creatures are neither fearful nor aggressive in nature at all? What if they really don't care about going extinct? What would motivate them to find planet Earth and make contact with us in the first place? I personally think that it'd be curiosity, generosity, spirituality, helpfulness and stronger will of exploration only.
Apart of these features, qualities or traits, empathy is what we all (would) want to find in the extraterrestrial aliens. It'll guarantee the continuation of our own race, survival of the biosphere and all other creatures that inhabit this unique, fragile, beautiful, water-rich and bio-diverse planet, at least in the entire known universe.
Some of the species of extraterrestrial aliens that human beings on planet Earth encountered, interacted or talked with so far could be cybernetic, holographic, semi-biological or even non-biological in nature. Also, it's quite possible that they were driven or moved by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
By the way, the very possibility of extraterrestrial biological aliens already living among us (in human form) can't at all be ruled out the same way the greatest hope of finding the empathy in them for us simply can't be given up.
[ #Kind Request: If any extraterrestrial aliens could read and appreciate this article then I would kindly request them to leave their comments under the article, only in English or any internationally known language of humans living on planet Earth. ]
Related Articles:
1) Basic Emotional Expressions 2) Socio-economic Status 3) Can Body Language reveal thoughts? 4) "Nonverbal" is alien way of communication? 5) Artificial Intelligence and Body Language 6) Are human emotions really universal?
Although I've brutally bombarded you with above questions, I understand that most of us may not be able to answer them due to lack of sightings of or direct encounters with the extraterrestrial aliens. Whatever millions of people in this world claim to know, perceive or think about the aliens is the ultimate product of stories shared by those few thousand people who have witnessed, experienced or gone through sightings, contacts, meetings, home visits, mind control experiments, under-skin implants and abductions.
I’m an authoritative, expert or an experienced figure of this extraordinary field. Also, I don't have any intentions to deny the claims made or evidences produced by the thousands of people. Since I’ve not encountered aliens myself till date, I sincerely think that it’s better not to bluntly comment about same, over here. If it is so then why a long article should be written about them in the first place? After all, exactly what this article is all about?
Well! The sole purpose to write this article was to challenge our thought process, best knowledge and imagination to find answer some greatest questions i. e. Would aliens have emotions (just like us)? If they would then exactly how they might be expressing them? The way we do or entirely differently?
Before we dive deep into this great and thrilling topic, please let me clarify here that emotions only are or can be expressed through face or facial expressions is a grave misconception in the first place. Just THROW IT AWAY, like a piece of stinking garbage, once and for all!
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| A humanoid (human look alike) extraterrestrial alien necessarily shouldn't have human emotions. (Image Courtesy: 20th Century Fox) |
When we talk about aliens or extraterrestrials (ETs) then two contrasting images of them come into our minds - the first is of invading, aggressive, experimenting and exploiting creatures and the second is of friendly, prophesizing, helping and warning beings. I think that science fiction movies, TV serials, novels, articles and witness interviews have added to both kinds of images, almost at an equal proportion.
Still, it’s critically important for all of us know that whether they're emotional beings like us or not. Emotions drive us and make to act because they're nothing but the proven survival strategies that evolved over the millions of years of our biological evolution. Without having emotions, feelings and sentiments; we'd simply turn into mechanical robots and nothing else. Don't you think so? Really?
Over last few decades, we've been exposed to diversified depictions of extraterrestrial aliens, who swiftly travel in the space by the Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). Nowadays, such sightings are regarded as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP). However, there're some creatures living alongside us on the planet Earth who exhibit the intelligence that appears almost alien in nature.
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| Octopus: The closest creature to alien intelligence (Image Courtesy: The Guardian) |
A few months ago, I saw a very interesting episode of the famous Through the Wormhole (2010 - 2017) TV serial - How do aliens think? (Season 4, Episode 4) . In the episode, there was a small section entirely dedicated to emotions, their perception and their physical expressions. According to one speculation made in it, aliens might be having emotions. It was very humorous to watch the mourning and boozing aliens.
It was not really meant to be a serious statement or a claim about emotions in the extraterrestrial aliens but it was an attempt of giving a humorous touch to the very serious scientific lookout. Still, it’s a very thought provoking speculation and ultimately making some predictions about the possible outcome of interactions between us and the extraterrestrial aliens, if at all it happens in the near future.
We cannot prove about existence of emotions in aliens until we don’t observe their nonverbal behavior or body language systematically. If there are intelligent alien species out there in universe who might have evolved biologically on their home planets then they might have few traits, instincts and qualities that match with what earth bound creatures should have.
Even if those extraterrestrial beings might have evolved in entirely different ways or would have strange genetic blueprint then still emotions might have evolved into them - if not all seven basic emotions then at least few like fear and anger. However, I'm personally doubtful about emotions like happiness, disgust, sadness etc. being present alien biological species.
Fear is most ancient and a prevalent emotion which was evolved in all living creatures on earth and plants also might have similar kind of reflex. Fear is what makes any creature to avoid getting harmed, injured, affected or eventually killed by predators, troubling creatures, adverse climate, diseases, competition, alienation, resource depletion etc.
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| The location of blood supply inside the body changes with different emotions. |
Why it might be a primary behavioral reflex because it served core purpose of survival and continuation of species? Don't you really think that technological advancement is also a positive product of fear? Fundamentally, all reflexes, emotions, adaptations, traits and qualities are and should be supportive to survival and proliferation of any species. If they are not then there is no benefit in having them in the first place.
Was fear sufficient for survival and continuation of species? Ancestral creatures had to shed fear and chase, pursue, attack, hunt, catch and kill somebody to survive by feeding on it. Hence anger or aggression must have been another powerful emotion in ancient natural world. Anger is exactly opposite to fear but still has physiological implications similar to that of fear. Both emotions are two poles of same planet.
"By the way, the very possibility of extraterrestrial biological aliens already living among us (in human form) can't at all be ruled out the same way the greatest hope of finding the empathy in them for us simply can't be given up."
Human or mammalian emotions like sadness, surprise, happiness, disgust and contempt might have evolved when our remote ancestors needed to develop them for overcoming different environmental, physical, climatic, dietary and social challenges. Some random genetic mutations or even viral infection might have led to the development of emotions in our remote ancestors.
So if any technologically advanced biological species has evolved and survived in its local environment over a significant amount of cosmological time then it may have something like all earth bound creatures do have i. e. senses, reflexes, emotions, temperaments, qualities, features, traits and different types of defenses i. e. social, mental, physical, psychological and technological.
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| Aggression would be obvious in the invading aliens. (Image Courtesy: 20th Century Fox) |
I personally think that if extraterrestrial aliens are non-biological and emotionless robots then they shouldn’t (feel the necessity to) leave their planets upon facing extinction, running out of resources, caught in the ecosystem collapse or having their planets on the verge of doom. Why should they get afraid of their extinction if they don't have any emotions? Similarly, purely spiritual, ethereal and non-physical entities shouldn't bother about death.
However, if any species wants to be more advanced (in comparison to others), it has to be able to monitor emotions consciously and remain composed for most of time so that physical, psychological and mental efficiency and capacities could be enhanced and multiplied beyond normal levels in comparison to other species to be able to outdo them. Matter of fact is that controlling or dominating others technologically could be the sole purpose and goal.
Hence if any alien race is far more advanced, harmonious than us and essentially has succeeded in surviving from their own mistakes then members of that species might be able to control and suppress their negative emotions and corresponding bodily expressions consciously. This is exactly what Neocortex supposedly does inside our brain i. e. advanced and energy hungry brain circuits that monitor emotions and try to regulate them.
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| Let's hope that all aliens turn out to be friendly. (Image Courtesy: Universal Pictures) |
What if alien creatures are neither fearful nor aggressive in nature at all? What if they really don't care about going extinct? What would motivate them to find planet Earth and make contact with us in the first place? I personally think that it'd be curiosity, generosity, spirituality, helpfulness and stronger will of exploration only.
Apart of these features, qualities or traits, empathy is what we all (would) want to find in the extraterrestrial aliens. It'll guarantee the continuation of our own race, survival of the biosphere and all other creatures that inhabit this unique, fragile, beautiful, water-rich and bio-diverse planet, at least in the entire known universe.
Some of the species of extraterrestrial aliens that human beings on planet Earth encountered, interacted or talked with so far could be cybernetic, holographic, semi-biological or even non-biological in nature. Also, it's quite possible that they were driven or moved by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
By the way, the very possibility of extraterrestrial biological aliens already living among us (in human form) can't at all be ruled out the same way the greatest hope of finding the empathy in them for us simply can't be given up.
[ #Kind Request: If any extraterrestrial aliens could read and appreciate this article then I would kindly request them to leave their comments under the article, only in English or any internationally known language of humans living on planet Earth. ]
Related Articles:
1) Basic Emotional Expressions 2) Socio-economic Status 3) Can Body Language reveal thoughts? 4) "Nonverbal" is alien way of communication? 5) Artificial Intelligence and Body Language 6) Are human emotions really universal?
Greetings sincerely yours Angelica Botello
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ReplyDeleteI could see a species evolving that has all of the positive emotions. Like the thrill of avoiding being caught in a game of tag, or staying quiet and hidden during a game of hide and seek. I could see an alien species evolving something more along those lines. At least that would make me feel way more comfortable with them existing!
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