10.26.2008

"I’d hate to wake up some morning and find out that you weren’t you" - Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956)

In case you’ve just tuned in, here’s a quick recap of what has been discussed so far:
A logical understanding of the laws of our environment is crucial for adapting. For living things, adaptation depends on the understanding of nature. Acting in accord with nature guarantees the survival of that element.
In my own words, I used “walls” to explain our current discord with our environment.
Our actions towards these walls represent something more than just a primordial drive to change things. It depicts, in my opinion, the most horrifying aspect of human nature; discontent.
Most of the civilized human population struggles with this presumption. Most of us find no problem in taking aberrant avenues to manipulate nature, and mold it into our darkest desires.
As a result, most of us fail to accept things for what they truly are.
Postmodern society breeds discontent. Technology has cradled the idea for eons. It only inhibits nature, and exploits its’ elements.
This causes a great deal of confusion because people can't even differentiate between what’s right and wrong anymore.
Who can't tell the difference, you ask?
Look no further than the people who treat their bodies like cars. Need a new front or back end? No problem. Honestly, besides some blood and oil stains, there’s really no difference between Dr. 90210 and some grease monkey at your local body shop. The imaginary line separating what’s natural and unnatural blurs too much consequently creating a lapse in moral judgment. This human error unquestionably brings us to a world that’s coming closer and closer to breaking every last natural law.

Yikes.
If you're not convinced after looking at Joan Rivers, maybe you should visit some area hospitals. I tend to rub my friends and family the wrong way with my logic, but I think that this remains the world's leading, all-time paradox.
As you would expect, human beings are inclined to choose life over death. Unfortunately, this decision bears a lavish price tag, a trade-off, where people (mostly in the western world) are living unnaturally rather than dying naturally. Synthetic drugs? Surgery? Are we the living dead? Should pharmacies start prescribing brains instead of anti-depressants?


Send more paramedics!

All kidding aside, not only is this an extremely sensitive subject, but it's also a huge moral complexity. I only feel okay about touching on it because I am an organ donor afterall, and I'll say it again - we are all naturally inclined to choose life over death. We will do pretty much anything to sustain life. Who doesn't want to help people live??

Ugh, let's switch gears. Shall we?

Undoubtedly, I believe that the most fascinating manifestation of discontent in the human consciousness is the idea of extraterrestrials.
Here me out on this one.
I think our general dissatisfaction evolved to a level where we are even tired of seeing the same old group of stupid humans all the time.
Familiarity breeds contempt, huh?

We boring humans are so fucking played out, so it looks like maybe we’ve created other life forms to spice things up a bit (a la vampires).

I fail to believe in the idea of aliens for a few reasons. The first reason lies in undetermined and hoaxed photographs of UFOs over time. These pictures show us an evolution of design, which draws a seemingly large parallel to the big hunks of metal down on the ground - automobiles.
At first glance, earlier automobiles show bland designs of simple contours and rounded edges, like one of Al Capone’s getaway Cadillacs. Later models noticeably demonstrate more complicated designs, sharper edges, and highly developed features. In comparison, the older representations of UFOs all seemed to have the appearance of a clever, little, Frisbee-like saucer with the half-spherical-shaped, windowed dome on the top for that little alien to navigate. Now, we get the privilege of seeing more tricked out, Close Encounters of the Third Kind-like spaceships on a much larger scale with more advanced accessories like colors and flashing lights. In our minds, aliens appear to progress at the same rate as Toyota.
That’s all besides the fact because, afterall, aren’t aliens referred to as other life forms?
With the emphasis here on our keyword, life, I just don't see living organisms going against the grain of their habitat. Technology is unnatural, and it’s implausible to think that it could ever advance to that point.
Like I said before, people are under the false assumption that the future is going to look like a bizarre sci-fi movie with nothing but big metal structures with lots of neon lights, cyborgs, and fancy buttons that control the most sophisticated gadgets.
By law, that SHOULD NOT happen to living organisms. That stuff wasn’t on Earth when we got here, so it really doesn’t belong here. Our world or any other world that breeds so-called “life forms” of any kind will never ever, ever progress to that point.
Maybe if one lived in anti-nature or unnature, but living in a dead world presents a rather large obstacle. Wouldn’t you agree?

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