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Mark Twain said that man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired. Charles Darwin proposed that man descended from the apes, but had little hope for improvement as a species, observing: "Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when it comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care. . . ." Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, Ch. XXI, "General Summary and Conclusion" (1871). Twain, who was an astute observer of human nature, had some doubts about Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and was of opinion, that if man descended from the apes, that the apes were the "higher animals". See Mark Twain, The Damned Human Race (1916); republished as Letters from the Earth (1962). Either way you want to look at it, we don’t come out looking very good.
I can buy the whole alien thing much easier than I buy some imaginary sky god creating us all in his image. Personally I think they are one and the same, though. After 1000's of years fact gets turned into myth... who knows.
Since our genetic evolution is no secret, obviously the first single-cell organisms were already aliens sent to Earth, right?
Interestingly, that could even be the case, not that they were sent here of course, but that they accidentally got here via some asteroid or other object that crashed onto Earth a terrible long time ago. Some scientists do have that theory...
But then how did the organisms get on the asteroid? Was it a from a planet that exploded? Even then, how did that planet have living organi? Was it seeded by an asteroid as well? How did they survive millions or billions of yrs in the vacuum of space before arriving here? Why can't people just accept the reality that we evolved here in entirety just like every single life form known. What drives this need for an external source, whether it be God or aliens? It makes no sense to me.
there is the theory that ancient aliens, those that our ancestors call gods, actually manipulated the genetic code of early mans ancestors to improve the breed by speeding up the evolution of man. and since the aliens started with very early primates, it would presume that is the reason why man shares 98% of our DNA with simians.
But then how did the organisms get on the asteroid? Was it a from a planet that exploded? Even then, how did that planet have living organi? Was it seeded by an asteroid as well? How did they survive millions or billions of yrs in the vacuum of space before arriving here? Why can't people just accept the reality that we evolved here in entirety just like every single life form known. What drives this need for an external source, whether it be God or aliens? It makes no sense to me.
I don't think scientists want to find an extraterrestrial origin, but they can't rule it out, either, that would also be considered an agenda.
there is the theory that ancient aliens, those that our ancestors call gods, actually manipulated the genetic code of early mans ancestors to improve the breed by speeding up the evolution of man. and since the aliens started with very early primates, it would presume that is the reason why man shares 98% of our DNA with simians.
I don't think scientists want to find an extraterrestrial origin, but they can't rule it out, either, that would also be considered an agenda.
Exactly.
People used to think that the Sun revolved around the Earth, end of story, no need to look at the heavens and questions. Then evidence was found that contradicted that. So far all of the evidence says we evolved on Earth, but no one knows exactly how it happened that long ago. We have certainly found the hows through repeated experimentation.
When evidence is found, then it can be considered.
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and others. i am not sure i necessarily buy into the theory, but it is intriguing.
Däniken was the first really widely published proponent. Immanuel Velikovsky preceeded him, but he was more obviously out of his mind by writing books about the planets randomly flying aroud the solar system at their whims.
Hey, look at us, we are the intergalactic version of early Australia.
Good on ya, mate.
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