Space as an Ocean 10/22/2012 up dated 8/21/2015

SPACE AS AN OCEAN

                 
  Photo Credit: NASA                 

LESSONS FROM THE AGE OF EUROPEAN MARINE EXPLORATION FOR THE SPACE AGE.

COULD WE ACTUALLY BE THE TAINOS TO A MORE BENIGN COLUMBUS STANDING OFF SHORE?

 In our last installment we examined the probability of our meeting extra terrestrial intelligent life. Frankly we didn't give it much of a shot over at least the next 200 years. We even found it more probable than not that the number of space faring civilizations in our galaxy could be counted on one hand, maybe on a single digit. But if there is even one other space faring civilization out there the odds are 50-50 that they are more advanced than us and have mastered inter stellar travel. So what are we to make of the UFO phenomenon? Is someone offshore watching our island?   Do they have the experience to stand off and seek just the right circumstances to make contact?   Could all these sighting be a way of making us aware and used to, and thus less likely to be threatened by their presence?  Are we the TAINOS to  a civilization that has already launched multiple Columbus expeditions to us but has the good sense to stand off shore until the time is right for all of us?  We truly don't know and neither does anyone else. But if you would like to read about the UFO phenomenon without the dogmatism that clouds the writings of the believers and debunkers alike we suggest :

ANGELS AND ALIENS UFOS AND THE MYSTIC IMAGINATION by Keith Thompson

Here are two quotes from his work that at least keep our mind open to the possibility that we may be someone else's Tainos.

Page 192 "What interests me is that with each new wave of sightings, the social impact becomes greater. Conventional science more and more perplexed, befuddled, at a loss to explain. Pro-ET ufologists become more dogmatic in their propositions. More people become fascinated with space and new frontiers of consciousness. More books and articles appear changing our culture in the direction of a new image of man. Meanwhile, the phenomenon offers occasional rational elements to entice credible researchers, while offering an equal number of ludicrous elements so as to effectively deny itself, annihilate evidence of itself. Ufologists, by and large , remain blissfully unaware of their role in the feedback loop.

Page 193-" 'What we see emerging in the UFO phenomenon is not gradual contact but rather gradual control of our beliefs. expectations, fears, hopes and dreams....We know from behavioral psychology that the best schedule of reinforcement is one that combines periodicity with unpredictability' says Vallee, citing the ongoing pattern of intense UFO activity followed by quite periods when it seems to have gone away entirely. 'Learning is then slow but continuous', he adds. It leads  to the highest level of adaptation  And it is irreversible. It is interesting to observe that the pattern of UFO waves has the same structure as a schedule of reinforcement"

 That's some heavy thoughts a Guacanagari?
You can read Thompson and draw your own conclusions, or abstain from making conclusions, just click on the book icon below to get an inexpensive copy winging your way. Next to Thompson's book is the link to Jaques Vallee's book which Thompson quotes.