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Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>Me too! But it's not very likely this will happen during our life span But if or when it happens, I predict a major change in human mentality, a real sociocultural as well as scientific paradigm shift!

Should we meet extraterrestrial life forms, let's hope we don't extinct them if they are more friendly or less techically advanced.
Right now, we know of about 40 exoplanets! (Planets outside our own solar system)</STRONG>

Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>Closest neighbours... and yet it'd still take more than a single lifetime to reach it </STRONG>

Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>CE: I believe if we were to make contact with an alien species, that they would be more advanced technologically than us. After all, space travel is no mere feat! </STRONG>

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>I agree, but there's of course also a future possibility that we travel to them, and then, my black colonisation scenario is not unlikely, I'm afraid Sorry for my civilisation-pessimistic view of mankinds imperialistic mentality </STRONG>

Originally posted by Brink:
<STRONG>Our own arrogance will lead to our downfall</STRONG>

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
<STRONG>CE, do you think that human mentality, will get better or worse?</STRONG>

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>Oh, that's a very difficult question. Also, of course, it depends on what one would think is good and bad in the human mentality. In short, I view for instance the concepts and ideas of imperialism, discrimination and failure to recognise we all have the same rights and responsibilities, as bad, since these are fundaments of injustices, homicides, slavery, ideologic wars etc.

I would think the human mentality has a great potential to improve, since we have better possibilities than ever to learn, understand and acknowledge the above problems. But at the same time, the present Western society provide a base for problems such as alienation, resignation and a passive attitude. So - I don't really foresee any major improvements in the near future.</STRONG>

Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>Your not hopeful that our species will grow?</STRONG>

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
<STRONG>Could this be linked to the food and medicines, we take in? We do ingest a lot of chemicals. I wonder, if that would have an impact, on our mental growth?</STRONG>

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>No, I wouldn't think the degree of chemicals the average person takes in, would affect the mental development. Also, people have been exposed to unhealthy substances for thousands of years because they are naturally occuring around us. (Arsenic, mercury which affects the central nervous system, lead, etc)

Rather than mental development, I would think the heavy use of antibiotics in the agriculture and chemicals in the food, would affect the immune system.

The way I see things, the human mind has been about the same for a few thousand years now, different times and cultures just express the same basic drives and goals in different ways. For those features to change, I think we either need a major change in our gene pool, or some major change in the world we have created for ourselves.

Btw, I know you in the US have far less restrictions around pharmacologic substances than we have in Sweden. For instance, the brain transmittor melatonin can not be bought without a prescription from a physician here, but you could buy it in any health store. And neurotransmittor substances really have a potential of affecting the way people think and behave, so I would strongly recommend against taking in that kind of chemicals without doing a proper research first, or consult a doc! </STRONG>

Originally posted by Vehemence:
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Ah how I can't wait for faster than light speed travel </STRONG>

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
<STRONG>I never asked, are we alone? It was usually, are your parents home? </STRONG>