We all need a bit of privacy now and again. Itâs your human right after all to go about
your day and not be watched over all the time by some kind of Big Brother surveillance technology. As that technology improves though, and since
you willingly feed huge chunks of personal data in a connected device, to some extent
Big Brother already knows a lot about you. But imagine a Bigger Brother is watching over
us, surveillance that tracks humankind thatâs not part of the world we know. Imagine the Earth is a kind of zoo and we
are specimens to be studied. That might sound far-fetched, but there are
some serious people who believe it to be true. Let us explain. There is this thing called zoo theory, which
is sometimes also called the zoo hypothesis. This theory tells us that there is a chance
that we are being watched over by extraterrestrial life but those guys are just not in the mood
to tell us about it. We are animals living in their zoo. According to this theory, one of the reasons
they donât come down here is that they want us to evolve naturally. Their superior intelligence would blow our
minds. They might be looking down right now thinking
itâs about time those guys stopped having wars and started sharing things, but they
want us to evolve by ourselves. Then thereâs the âFermi Paradoxâ, which
basically states that there are billions of stars in the Milky Way and so the chance that
humans are alone is pretty much nil. There just has to be intelligent life out
there and it must have technology that allows interstellar travel. Then you have to consider the universe outside
of the Milky Way and the number of stars is mind-blowing. Surely itâs arrogant to believe we are all
alone; as if us little humans rule the universe. There is an organization called Messaging
Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or METI for short. This group comprises of many scientists and
they get together to discuss the possibility of contacting aliens or us being watched over
by aliens. On their website, the first thing you see
is a statement that says at METI doesnât rule out the possibility of life outside of
Earth. If you scroll down you see their list of objectives
and the first one goes like this: To âConduct scientific research and educational programs
in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.â Scientists from all walks of life that are
in METI are doing things right now such as working on interstellar transmission technology. If E.T. could phone home, maybe humans could
develop such long distance communication tech. They also discuss the Fermi Paradox and something
similar called the Drake Equation, which takes into account the size and the age of the universe
and what might be in it. Again, these people are not conspiracy theorists
getting high in parentsâ basements, they are scientists. The President of METI is one Douglas Vakoch,
and he is a renowned astrobiologist. This science is concerned with the evolution
of the universe. For a long time heâs been working on interstellar
messaging, but heâs also well aware that human senses might not exactly work with alien
senses. Even if we could send messages to other galaxies
if we said, âHey guys, howâs it going?â it might not work out. In fact, one of the latest blogs on the METI
website asks if human language is any way to try and connect with aliens. The writer asks, âIs it a good way to send
information to beings who are likely to be very different from us? Whose bodies, sensory capabilities, cognition,
environment and experiences may be very different from our own? Then if we send out a message in human language
form, which language?â She states that while the Voyager Disk which
is aboard NASAâs famous Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, might have lots of information
on it in 55 languages, we might better try and communicate in signs, shapes, symbols,
numbers. Whatâs on the disk, you might ask? Well, if aliens pick it up theyâll find
images of nature here on Earth as well as many sounds of nature. Theyâll hear a message from former U.S.
president Jimmy Carter and be able to get down with a bit of Morse Code. Theyâll see images of humans doing things
and listen to the likes of Mozart and Beethoven. Chuck Berry is also on there, but unfortunately
no Led Zeppelin. They actually wanted to put The Beatles on
the disk but the record company EMI wouldnât allow that. Yep, thatâs true. Back to the zoo. So those guys at METI often discuss something
called âThe Great Silenceâ, which relates to the question of why do those galactic zookeepers
keep out of our face. Well, itâs like we said, if aliens are that
superior in intelligence if they came in contact with us theyâd mess with our heads. Weâd have to reevaluate life itself, and
this would cause chaos. Just imagine if one day your dog just got
up and said in perfect English, âHey buddy, can we skip the walk today. Iâm thinking about going to Roverâs house
to discuss Wittgensteinâs theory of the talking lion.â If that happened, weâd have to start rewriting
a few books. So, aliens stay away. In 2018 at a METI meeting they talked about
the idea of us being quarantined by aliens. This is how one researcher at METI explained
that: âIt seems likely that extraterrestrials
are imposing a 'galactic quarantine' because they realize it would be culturally disruptive
for us to learn about them.â Itâs kind of the same thing as the talking
dog. If they got in contact our culture and society
would be so disrupted we would just collapse for a while. Just imagine if right now as youâre watching
this an alien spacecraft pops up outside your window. Youâre then informed the world is an illusion
and your consciousness is eternal and infinite. We bet you wouldnât clock in at work or
go to school tomorrow. Some folks at METI also say that we havenât
developed full cognitive abilities yet, that there might be another level of consciousness
in our evolution. The famous, now deceased Terence McKenna,
believed that certain psychedelics could provide a glimpse of what was possible in terms of
developing a higher consciousness. He once said the idea of aliens coming down
in a metal ship is totally preposterous. He believed alien life could already be here,
and they might actually be in psilocybin mushrooms, hidden in the very atoms of the things. He said those mushrooms are disguised as a
drug, but might really be aliens. They are here, according to him, but we just
donât get it yet. This might sound crazy to you, but serious
scientists are now talking about how the mind-blowing substance Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) takes people
to places that are out of this world. Yes, lots of people visit aliens on their
colorful trips. Research has shown that some people are absolutely
convinced they saw aliens. This is why scientists at Johns Hopkins have
been studying those âbreakthroughâ trips. We found more scientific research in the U.S
that is taking seriously the possibility of DMT shooting people to another universe. In the mind, anyway. Weâre not saying this is proof that aliens
are among us and we are being watched by them, but itâs interesting that science is taking
DMT so seriously of late. Joe Rogan must be very proud, because any
chance he gets he mentions his DMT experiences. He certainly wouldnât dismiss the alien
contact theory. Then thereâs this theory. Maybe millions of years ago aliens detected
life on a blue planet, the one we call home. They thought, hmm, letâs send some signals
to that place and see what happens, but letâs just say that vampire squids and the Gojirasaurus
werenât up for chatting. We werenât evolved just yet. We pretty much spent most of our time eating,
fighting, procreating and pooping. The aliens had to wait. So, what did they do next, once theyâd been
snubbed by basic life on Earth? They sent a probe here and bugged a rock. Why, you might ask? The answer is they wanted to keep and eye
on us. Back to the zoo theory thing. The rock they bugged though was what is called
a co-orbital, meaning it flies around Earth. If you want a good view of Earth thereâs
not much point in bugging a rock actually on the planet. A researcher named James Benford, whoâs
also part of the âSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligenceâ group, came up with this idea. Why does he think that? It seems like quite the longshot. Well, itâs not that heâs certain, but
that it would make sense. What heâs saying is why not go check out
some of those co-orbitals and see if any of them have been bugged. Another researcher wrote, âIf it costs very
little to go take a look, why not? Even if we don't find E.T., we might find
something of interest.â The closest one is about 38 times farther
away from Earth than the moon. We call it the âEarth's Closest Companionâ
and NASA has said that itâs not going anywhere. Well, we mean itâs gonna hang around near
Earth for centuries to come. Thatâs why some folks are saying we need
to do some more extraterrestrial archaeology. Start digging NASA, because there might be
a chance that we are part of an alien-led surveillance state. You might think itâs very hard to send a
spacecraft that far, but from what we can see itâs not that hard. In fact, China said it will send a spacecraft
to Earthâs Closest Companion in 2024. The spaceship, ZhengHe, will be equipped with
robots that will do a bit of digging around. Maybe theyâll come back with some bugs and
blow our minds, but if thereâs a trade war still going on you can expect the Chinese
not to share the spoils. If in 2025 China suddenly starts speaking
alien you know how it happened. Some of those researchers really do think
that those space rocks might be bugged, and they are the best chance we have of finding
out if we are in a space zoo. One scientist said, âIf we don't find anything,
that means no one has come to look at the life of Earth for over billions of years. That is a big surprise, a stunning thing.â When you consider what weâve done over our
10,000+ years of being fairly civilized, imagine what a species could do given a million years. Imagine what we will be capable of in a million
years. Yes, weâll be all over the universe. There are things weâll achieve that we canât
possibly imagine now. Imagine telling a guy in the Dark Ages about
a show you watch online called the Infographics Show? He could not possibly envision the future
and neither can you. With that in mind, maybe a supercivilization
did visit us a long time ago. Maybe we are just slow to get out of the blocks. The idea of there being these super-civilized
space folks has been embraced by a lot of our greatest scientists. Carl Sagan was one of those scientists, and
hereâs a lovely quote from him: âThe universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste
of space.â So, thatâs it really. When you look up into the sky just imagine
someone has been watching us evolve. The big brother whoâs been around for millions
and millions of years saw us crawl out of the swamp. They watched as we stood up and started making
spears and drawing pictures of buffalo on cave walls. We hunted and gathered and a few thousand
years later we started talking about Gods that live in the skies. They must have loved that. Then they witnessed endless wars as we struggled
to fight over land or which religion was the right one. Come on guys, they thought, itâs us, weâre
your Gods. Get with the program! They were astounded when we built bombs that
could destroy the entire planet. They knew who killed JFK and why those guards
were sleeping when Mr. Epstein ran out of air. They are confounded by President Donald Trumpâs
Twitter feed, and they are keeping an eye on you right now as you get to the end of
this show. We might also add that while itâs very plausible
that aliens exist and are watching over us, in terms of scientific proof, well, thatâs
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