I came up with this really stupid conspiracy theory involving aliens and figured I would turn it into an argument.
Basically, the theory is almost like the matrix, where people are the living batteries for the machine run world. But it goes something like this - what if an alien species was smart enough to deposite an 'inferior' creature (humans) into a green pasture where they could thrive, reproduce, and be harvested when they were fat enough (had enough of the species to make it worth it for them to open the fenced in pasture). Ok, now picture the fenced in green grazing pasture as a planet - Earth. Maybe these aliens put us here to harvest as a food source knowing full well that we are incredibly adaptable and can thrive in almost any place assuming that conditions for life have been met.
Im not saying I agree with or believe this, but im going to put into an inductive argument form anyway.
P1: Earth has the right elements and is the proper distance from the sun to support life.
P2: Humans live on Earth and have adapted so well that they have become the dominant species.
P3: As humans advance technologically, their population have increases exponentially.
P4: Humans are made out of meat.
P5: Meat is a well known food source.
P6: No one can disprove the existance of alien life in other parts of the universe.
P7: There is no evidence to support humans being the most technologically advanced species in the universe.
P8: Alien species could have the technology to sucessfully travel through space.
P9: Aliens would need food.
P10: Aliens could be using Earth as a pasture for their livestock, humans.
C: Aliens have, more than likely, deposited the human species onto Earth so the humans could reproduce and be harvested when ripe (the population is high enough).
Well, one thing around here is certainly ripe!
ReplyDeleteI do not think all of the premises listed are necessary ones. Some of them are just extensions of others that could be combined into one premise. Also, if aliens put us here on Earth because it was the right distance away from the sun, then how do they survive somewhere that is the "wrong" distance from the sun? Is there a wrong distance from the sun? Or are you just implying that humans require different living conditions than aliens? I will say although this brought up many questions in my head, it was a nice twist of something really interesting to read.
ReplyDeletewhich premises did you think could have been combined
ReplyDeleteand the distance from the sun is all about water. Life is not possible without it and if a planet is too far from the sun and contains h2o, then itll all be frozen and unusable to any kind of life.
I remember watching this thing where astronomers were looking for planets outside our solar system that had the potential for life: the right size sun, the right distance from the sun, etc. I think they found a couple that might have the capacity to hold life.