Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
When I look up at the stars at night, I just have to wonder who or what is
looking back at me from some distant planet in some distant galaxy. We’ve all
probably wondered what lies beyond our small, self-contained little world. The
question many have pondered is whether or not there is intelligent life beyond
earth. In the words of Metrodorus, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century,
"To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as
absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will
grow." I believe that intelligent extraterrestrial life does exist.
Critics of the theory of intelligent life beyond earth will argue that there is
no such thing because they’ve never seen a "little green man." There are those
who want proof of extraterrestrial life before they can accept the fact that
there is any life besides what is on our Earth. They have a point. I’ve never
seen an alien. I’ve never talked to anyone whose had a "close encounter."
Sure, we’ve all seen the shows on TV with convincing footage of flying saucers,
but we have no actual proof of intelligent life dependent from earth.
It is true that we have no evidence of intelligent life beyond earth, but to
claim that none exists because we’ve never seen aliens is like saying that the
atom doesn’t exist because you can’t see one. We who have a grasp of our
physical surroundings, and a basic knowledge of chemistry realize that the atom
is the basic building block of matter.
Those who say that there is no intelligent life other than our own need to
realize several things. First, our universe is infinite. This leaves literally
infinit...
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...ence, why is our government so concerned
about it?
Although we can’t prove the existence of intelligent life beyond earth, it is
very likely that it does exist. When one considers the vast infinite universe
we live in, it would be completely foolish to believe that life on earth is
unique. It is not just me who says that other intelligent life exists, though.
Many scientists and philosophers have speculated about life on other planets for
centuries, and today the search for life is a major driving factor in space
exploration. Extraterrestrial life is not just an idea reserved for those who
watch The X-files every night with all the lights out, it is an important
concept in our current space-age, and to ignore the fact that extraterrestrial
life would be like those of our ancestors who refused to believe that the world
was round.
In ancient Greek society women lived hard lives on account of men's patriarch built communities. Women were treated as property. Until about a girl’s teens she was "owned" by her father or lived with her family. Once the girl got married she was possessed by her husband along with all her belongings. An ancient Greece teenage girl would marry about a 30-year-old man that she probably never met before. Many men perceived women as being not being human but creatures that were created to produce children, please men, and to fulfill their household duties. A bride would not even be considered a member of the family until she produced her first child. In addition to having a child, which is a hard and painful task for a teenage girl in ancient civilization to do, the husband gets to decide if he wants the baby. A baby would be left outside to die if the husband was not satisfied with it; usually this would happen because the child was unhealthy, different looking, or a girl.
When thinking of ancient Greece, images of revolutionary contrapposto sculpture, ornate lecture halls, and great philosophers in togas are sure to come to mind. As the birthplace of democracy and western philosophy, ancient Greece has had an inordinate influence on the progression of the modern world. However, the ancient Greeks’ treatment of women is seemingly at direct odds with their progressive and idealistic society.
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One of the ways in which Descartes attempts to prove that the mind is distinct from the body is through his claim that the mind occupies no physical space and is an entity with which people think, while the body is a physical entity and cannot serve as a mechanism for thought. [1]
The role of women in society is often debated. In many ancient cultures, women were not granted the same rights that men had. When it comes to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, women had very similar roles yet vastly different influences on society. The myths of these cultures helps us to see exactly what those differences are. This paper will examine the role and perceptions of women in Greek society and Roman society as exemplified by the mythology that guided these societies.
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Descartes argues that the mind and body can be thought of as separate substances. Descartes writes “I have a body that is very closely joined to me, nevertheless, because … I have a clear and distinct idea of myself, insofar as I am merely a thinking thing and not an extended thing and because … I have a distinct idea of a body, insofar as it is merely an extended thing and not a thinking thing, it is certain that I am really distinct from my body and can exist without it” ( Descartes 50). With this quote, Descartes is saying that the mind and body are separate because he has two distinct ideas of the body and the mind and the body is not a thinking thing as he is but an extended substance. Another point to Descartes argument is that the mind and body are different due to one being indivisible and the other being divisible. Descartes writes “a body, by its very nature, is always divisible. On the other hand, the mind is utterly indivisible” (53). Here is saying that there are ...
One of the most common unanswered questions scientists find themselves asking is "Is there life on other planets?" Since the first famously documented UFO sighting in 1947, the idea of extra-terrestrial life has been debated almost non-stop. The subject has inspired many TV programs, such as The X-Files, and films (Mars Attacks, Independence Day, and the Men in Black films to name but a few). Scientists have come up with many new ideas and ways of trying to either prove or disprove the existence of life elsewhere.