Even if there is contact with alien beings, what will we say to them?
One thing is certain in our culture that if an alien travels through the universe and reaches our planet, it will be greeted with ammunition. From the science fiction drama 'Star Trek' to the epic novels, all such authors have had the same question in their minds: how will we treat them?
In pop culture, aliens are portrayed as second-class citizens or less than human. Had it not been for the help of the alien's human friend in the famous movie 'ET', he would have been examined on an operating room table.
In the 2009 film 'District Nine', millions of alien shrimp are being packed into the slums of South Africa, depicting human cruelty and hatred in real life.
There is no evidence of extraterrestrial life yet, but we are still looking for it.
It is also possible that in the near future we may find signs of microbial life on Mars and it won't be like the deformed humanoid aliens on TV and movies.
However, according to the Drake Equation, statistically there is a very good chance of finding extraterrestrials. It says that intelligent life exists somewhere against our world, even if the stars would have to be in a certain position for us to communicate with each other because of the space between the planets in our universe. Refuge is distance.
According to John Zarnicki, professor of space sciences at the Open University in the UK, 'the probability of finding life or making contact will always be low until we do.'
This reminds me of the concept of exoplanets (planets not in our solar system). As young researchers we used to discuss this topic and everyone thought there were exoplanets. But we can't find them because it's technically very difficult."
But now we know that there are exoplanets and that there are planets where the presence of water is possible for life.
In the ongoing search for and contact with extraterrestrials, we must also consider how we will be able to communicate with them, especially since intelligent extraterrestrials may be very different from humans.
Non-human rights
According to some authors, humans will not treat aliens well. And this is because of our track record in giving rights to the earth's citizens and other living beings. Despite international norms, we have a poor record in protecting rights.
After World War II, the international community enacted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 to enshrine the rights of all individuals.
However, apart from certain restrictions, there are only limited ways in which human rights can be implemented. Although these rights state that every citizen shall be free from imprisonment from birth to death, some philosophers believe that this is only a piece of paper.
How we treat extraterrestrials can be measured by the rights we give to non-human beings on Earth.
In many countries it is now recognized that all animals, from gorillas to crows, have emotions. But animal rights groups have now turned these sentiments into rights. It simply means that animals have the ability to feel comfort or pain.
Some experts are pondering how our current laws and moral framework can accommodate extraterrestrials. However, there has been very little open international deliberation on this matter.
The Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric M. Gerry, who believed that UFO sightings were signs of the presence of extraterrestrial beings on Earth, proposed to the United Nations General Assembly in 1977 that the United Nations An institution should be created for regular investigation.
But no policy was made in this regard and British diplomats pressed not to raise the matter further. His government was overthrown in a military coup the following year.
Some governments are taking interest in it. In 1999, journalist Leslie Cain got access to French documents on UFOs, according to which some generals and admirals believed that extraterrestrials could be the possible cause of the unexplained phenomenon.
Earlier this year, the US Congress debated the mysterious flying saucer for the first time, but there was no evidence to prove the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
Jill Stuart, an expert on the laws of space at the London School of Economics, believes that humans will not be able to make contact with extraterrestrials during our lifetimes. But according to him, we should consider what we have to do in such a situation.
He says, "We search the universe for our own discovery because it shows us how we relate to it, how we relate to our environment, and how we relate to other people or living things." '
"The predicted future conditions may never happen, but this process will be important."