How do we relate to other species?
Lets assume E.T. has the same basic needs of any other species.
Something to eat, A place to be, a supporting environment
(This may not be
the same as ours)
It could be colder, hotter, dryer, or any other extreme.
Terraforming Mars
Would we like it if "E.T."
adjusted Earth to fit their enviromental parameters? They may already be
doing it! GLOBAL WARMING! Think how much technology change there has been in
only 200 years!
Are we being fed technology for something else's benefit?
From a Galactic viewpoint:
a single planet species, could be designated food, or slave species,
very doubtfully equal.
A space faring species that was
inhabiting multiple worlds could be
considered in the potentially equal catagory.
Therefore: we really need to be inhabiting the entire solar system.
The realm of spirit
Putting it together
Links:
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