Perusing the UFO/Alien articles that come across my new feed, I’ve been noticing this “back to the Fifties” trend of aliens as predators. This Forbes article uses the image of HBO mobster Tony Soprano along with a picture of a lion chasing its prey to illustrate the danger Earthlings face. University of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward:
“...encounters with any sort of offworld intelligence calls for preparation and caution. I would imagine the same dictates of prey and predator exist over cosmic time and in any galaxy one might choose.”
And: “We should be terrified of finding another space-faring species. We should not be giving ourselves away but hide until we can fight successfully.”
Species-ism, purely stated: Seeing “how perversely cruel Homo sapiens can be to one other,” therefore any “aliens” we encounter must also “operate on opportunistic instinct.” That’s where materialism gets us. It’s no wonder that “they” — whoever they are and whatever form they take — hold us at arm’s length and merely observe from a safe distance whenever possible.
