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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 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 third kind. 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, visits, meetings, mind control experiments, under-skin implants and abductions.
Neither I’m an authoritative, expert or an experienced figure of this extraordinary field nor have any intentions to deny claims made or evidences produced by the thousands of people. Since I’ve not encountered aliens till date, I sincerely think that it’s better not to comment anything about same, over here. If it is so then why a long article should be written about them in the first place? 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 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. Throw it away, 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 are 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?
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 physcial 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 existance 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. Howeever, 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 must have something like all earth bound creatures do i. e. senses, reflexes, emotions, temperaments, traits and different kinds of defenses i. e. physical, mental, 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 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 at all? What if they 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 should be curiosity, strong will of exploring, generosity, empathy and helpfulness only.
This is exactly what we all (would) want to look in the extraterrestrial aliens only for continuation of our own race, survival of biosphere and all other creatures that inhabit this unique planet in the entire known universe.
By the way, the possibility of extraterrestrial aliens already living among humans can't at all be denied the same way the greatest hope of finding empathy in extraterrestrial aliens for humans 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) Can Body Language reveal thoughts? 2) "Nonverbal" is alien way of communication? 3) Artificial Intelligence and Body Language 4) Are human emotions really universal?
Although I've 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 third kind. 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, visits, meetings, mind control experiments, under-skin implants and abductions.
Neither I’m an authoritative, expert or an experienced figure of this extraordinary field nor have any intentions to deny claims made or evidences produced by the thousands of people. Since I’ve not encountered aliens till date, I sincerely think that it’s better not to comment anything about same, over here. If it is so then why a long article should be written about them in the first place? 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 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. Throw it away, once and for all!
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| A humanoid (human look alike) extraterrestrial alien necessarily shouldn't have human emotions. |
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 are 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?
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| Octopus: The closest creature to alien intelligence Image Courtesy: The Gurdian |
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 physcial 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 existance 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. Howeever, 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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| Location of blood supply changes with 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.
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 must have something like all earth bound creatures do i. e. senses, reflexes, emotions, temperaments, traits and different kinds of defenses i. e. physical, mental, psychological and technological.
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| Aggression would be obvious in the invading aliens. (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 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. (Courtesy: Universal Pictures) |
What if alien creatures are neither fearful nor aggressive at all? What if they 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 should be curiosity, strong will of exploring, generosity, empathy and helpfulness only.
This is exactly what we all (would) want to look in the extraterrestrial aliens only for continuation of our own race, survival of biosphere and all other creatures that inhabit this unique planet in the entire known universe.
By the way, the possibility of extraterrestrial aliens already living among humans can't at all be denied the same way the greatest hope of finding empathy in extraterrestrial aliens for humans 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) Can Body Language reveal thoughts? 2) "Nonverbal" is alien way of communication? 3) Artificial Intelligence and Body Language 4) Are human emotions really universal?
