Argumentative Analysis: When Aliens Attack
Simon Sheets
Mrs. Owen
English III-H
28 February 2013
When Aliens Attack No one would believe that in the early years of the 21st century that earth was being watched by intelligence greater than his or her own. That while people busied themselves on their various concerns, they were being observed and studied. As if a scientist was looking through a microscope to study creatures not seen by the human eye. Slowly, the outsiders grow envy, watching as the humans waste away this wonderful planet like a McDonald’s Big Mac in a science experiment. Across the gulf of space, could unsympathetic intellects be slowly drawing their plans against the human race? Well that’s just a bunch of bull-shenanigans, but when one really thinks about it, …show more content…
It could take over hundreds of years to finally have an answer to this enormous riddle, or it may be closer than we think, possibly even in the next 50 years. If one wanted to get real deep in the subject, is it possible that the human race is the outcome of an alien evolution, and that people’s ancestors are secretly aliens that invaded this earth billions of years ago? Could this giant search for a galactic neighbor be a giant waste of time, because astronomers have been looking in the wrong direction, that we should be looking in the past, instead of the present? Or could it be that technology is the weakness? That no intelligent civilization is able to cope with advanced and complex technology for long enough time to embark on galactic space expeditions? Is technology a ticking time bomb, and key to every major civilizations failure? It’s best stop here, too many philosophical questions at once is too much to handle. With subjects like this, there really is no final solution, but just a final thesis. This solar system contains over 100 billion galaxies, so it’s very plausible that one of them may contain a star, like the sun, that is able to support life to its planets. The final question is: Are you …show more content…
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Mrs. Owen
English III-H
28 February 2013
When Aliens Attack No one would believe that in the early years of the 21st century that earth was being watched by intelligence greater than his or her own. That while people busied themselves on their various concerns, they were being observed and studied. As if a scientist was looking through a microscope to study creatures not seen by the human eye. Slowly, the outsiders grow envy, watching as the humans waste away this wonderful planet like a McDonald’s Big Mac in a science experiment. Across the gulf of space, could unsympathetic intellects be slowly drawing their plans against the human race? Well that’s just a bunch of bull-shenanigans, but when one really thinks about it, …show more content…
It could take over hundreds of years to finally have an answer to this enormous riddle, or it may be closer than we think, possibly even in the next 50 years. If one wanted to get real deep in the subject, is it possible that the human race is the outcome of an alien evolution, and that people’s ancestors are secretly aliens that invaded this earth billions of years ago? Could this giant search for a galactic neighbor be a giant waste of time, because astronomers have been looking in the wrong direction, that we should be looking in the past, instead of the present? Or could it be that technology is the weakness? That no intelligent civilization is able to cope with advanced and complex technology for long enough time to embark on galactic space expeditions? Is technology a ticking time bomb, and key to every major civilizations failure? It’s best stop here, too many philosophical questions at once is too much to handle. With subjects like this, there really is no final solution, but just a final thesis. This solar system contains over 100 billion galaxies, so it’s very plausible that one of them may contain a star, like the sun, that is able to support life to its planets. The final question is: Are you …show more content…
"Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Solar System: Resolving the Fermi Paradox." Extraterrestrial Intelligence In the Solar System: Resolving the Fermi Paradox. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2013.
Freitas, Robert A., Jr. "The Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA)." THE. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.
H, Phil. "Contacting Aliens." « Phil for Humanity. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013.
Hart, Micheal H. "1975QJRAS..16..128H Page 128." 1975QJRAS..16..128H Page 128. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.
Hawking, Steven. "SETI, Hawking, and Alien Contact | On Point with Tom Ashbrook." On Point with Tom Ashbrook RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.
Jha, Alok. "Is Stephen Hawking Right about Aliens?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 29 Apr. 2010. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.
Moore, Patrick. "ET Would Find Earth Boring, Says Sir Patrick Moore as He Predicts Alien Life beyond the Solar System Will Be Found within 50 Years." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2013.
Roach, John. "When Aliens Attack, Will We Put up a Fair Fight?" NBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
Shostak, Seth. "Contact: What Happens If a Signal Is Found." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2013.
"Six Frontiers for Alien Life." Msnbc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Feb.