Hi All,
I've spent a good hour reading the posts on this thread. Good quality speculation. I wish to add my thoughts on the topic.
Getting back to the "Ants in the desert".
The ants bite, or have cause to be a pest. Superior race of humans destroy (control) the pest. Alternatively the ants can be studied if they are not a pest at the time. Undisturbed is best ofcourse.
Earth life forms in the eyes of aliens with fast space travel technology will have that attitude. They will not be requiring humans for food. They are way beyond that. To these aliens Earth has little interest to them. We are not that important to them.
Space travel is quite a hurdle at present.
A.E. presented to us the theory of time and space. Can not travel faster than light. But can time be altered?
Is that how aliens travel?
To really be on the square we are more concerned with life forms that are more advanced than humans. To discover any primitive forms would be percieved as a step towards the ultimate.
The question of what is life. Wow. The concepts presented in the posts are so close to what I think is incredible. I relate to those ideas very well. My apologies to those who presented them for not mentioning them directly.
I think that all life is connected somehow. Wherever it exists in the universe. That ofcourse is difficult to prove and is only speculation.
It can be what one post explains it to be. Earth is a living entity.
We simply can not recognise it.
Looking forward to more good input on this thread.
Cheers Marty