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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Don't be too hard on us, this is a well known feature of human thought spanning millenia. We even have a tendency to apply human thought and emotional content to completely unsubstantial things like the weather.
The truth is we just don't have any other frame of reference to use. Even your stab at what they are is a small portion of the potential. What if they exist in the 4th dimension as swarms of molecules or something?
We can't rationalize all potential possibilities because our brains are tuned to understanding the universe a specific way. Further, our evolved social nature makes us apply feelings to even incorporeal things. We are incapable.
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I’m not even suggesting it’s a bad thing, it’s just a human thing. But that’s what makes picking and choosing what we can/can’t possibly understanding kind of… hilarious. Like hey, we’re capable enough in the areas where our understanding is really emotion based, but our capability is woefully insufficient it’s anything concerning advanced science or mathematics! It sort of defies logic.
When someone says they might view us like we view ants, for example, they aren’t just assuming how aliens view us, they are unintentionally assuming hundreds of different things about the existence of aliens just for it to even be possible for aliens to see us that way.
Looking at the way “believers” (not to be confused with those who are open to the idea or otherwise undecided) layer in heavy human biases into their beliefs of this is almost more fascinating than anything else. Regardless of anything else, the whole topic provides very cool insight into the human mind.