The Universe as Nature: Preparing for Encounters with Non-Human Intelligence
As we examine the phenomenon of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and the possibility that a non-human intelligence (NHI) is interacting with humanity, we should pause to take stock of what we know about nature, evolution and species interaction.
We should be using what we know about the human species and species interaction within our world in order to anticipate the nature and motive of non-human species from beyond our world.
Just like solar physicists study our sun in order to understand the mechanism of other stars in the universe, we should be using what we know about the evolutionary behavior of the one sentient species we can study most extensively, and already have: homo sapiens sapiens.
Take a moment to consider this fundamental fact: the universe gave rise to us.
Whatever exists out there is reflected partly (even if only, partly) in what exists here. They are not universes apart.
Over 4 billion distinct species have appeared, competed, adapted and evolved within our planetary environment. And well over 99% have died out.
Environmental pressure and resource scarcity are driving forces in evolution. Even on unique planet such as Earth which contains abundant resources.
— What could that suggest about species competition and adaptation in the universe?
— What could that suggest about the contact taking place right now? — the motives for visitation, the needs of those undertaking the visitation?
The possibility that evolutionary forces are at play in this visitation is real, and cannot be rejected via the self-comforting hope that “the universe contains all possibilities, so contact must contain all possibilities.”
Whether you agree with this or not, there exists another critical reality that would urge us to look at ourselves in order to understand the possible outcomes of our interaction with them.
A large part of the outcome of this interaction with NHI will ultimately come down to how humans respond. How does the locally adapted apex species — humans — respond in this possible interaction of multiple apex species? What dynamics may come into the field of play, if only because we are in the field of play?
Our species is at least half the party in this interaction, perhaps the much greater half.
Its not helpful to cast ourselves as apes and them as angels and to disregard the dynamic of physical beings of at apex-level ability interacting in the same planetary environment.
History contains many valuable lessons about what happens when a more advanced society interacts with a less advanced society. In fact the story told by that data is almost universally a tale of assimilation or elimination.
That has been the story of life — both human and non-human — on this Earth.
Why not use what we know about nature and evolution, to anticipate a natural universe in which billions of years of evolution has given rise to countless evolved entities far more advanced than our own and to assess the possible motives that compelled their visitation to our world?
There appears to be a strong need to see potential non-human entities as apart from the natural fabric of life—assumed to be operating independent of its fundamental laws and dynamics. This is in part due to the technological capabilities demonstrated by UAP and other capabilities reported in interactions with NHI.
And yet “capabilities” may be just that—abilities gained via evolutioanry pressure in an environment where sentient life is still governed by survival requirements and the need for resources.
Technology does not necessarily bring an end to those needs. Indeed it may escalate them to new levels, and compel the very type of visitation we are presently seeing in our world
Nature exists.
It is time to start thinking of the universe as “Nature,” as well.