Are we alone in this universe ?

Physicist Stephen Hawking warned Scientists to keep low profile in searching for life in the universe, as he suspects there may be some life forms in outer space which can threaten the very existence of Human kind on Earth and in reaction to this world scientific community has already started debating the pros and cons of this statement -   One firmly believe that this statement will stand hypothetical until a concrete evidence of the existence of life in this vast universe established, and the other is ready to press the panic button as if the heavens are ready to fall on our head right now.

Life in outer space is not a new concept to mankind it is the most intriguing and a puzzling question ever to answer! ‘Homo Sapien‘- is the most intelligent and even more self destructive species ever evolved in this known universe.  Since ages this species, what we call ‘Humans’ tried to find an answer for the question, are we alone in this universe? As of now the perfect answer is YES, because science believes in proofs and astro-physicists, astro-biologists, cosmologists are working hard to prove a BIG NO, and there is a good chance that in near future - a BIG NO will be a perfect answer.

The best part of debate about the existence of life in Inter stellar space, I believe will be in-between theists and atheists rather than the scientific community (there are more number of believers than non-believers of god among scientists).  I wonder how the debate would be when someone someday discovers life on other worlds.  What would be the role of religions practiced on our planet Earth? Their authenticity might be at stake.  Most of the religions have said about the existence of other worlds, at least as a myth, but not mentioned about life on them.  Einstein’s famous quote ‘God doesn’t play dice with the universe’ may seem to show his arrogance in the subject but it has an in-depth sense and the challenge it posed to the theists to prove that there is God and the funny part is the same challenge countered on the atheists to prove themselves correct, resulting another puzzling like situation ‘which came first A Chicken or an Egg?.

The institute that popularized this subject with greater significance than SETI  (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) is Hollywood; it has created some distinguished alien life forms, that we humans watched them on big screens with our mouths wide and jaws down wondering their high class technology, their ferocious nature and even some times loved them for their innocence, thanks to Steven Spielberg for his plots on ET.  They have created a new interest from the ordinary man to a serious scientist in understanding the universe, American physicist Carl Sagan was among the first and the foremost scientist to spread the word about ET to this world in scientific terms, SETI is his brain child.  SETI project has started with high hopes in the scientific community in the early 1980s apart from 'WOW' signal presumed to be a reply from intelligent life form from the distant universe there is no valuable data to its credit.

Man’s quest for knowledge is immense; he has conquered lands, discovered new worlds, climbed peaks, swam to the ocean bottoms, set foot on the Moon….all these were achieved by hard work, many lost their lives, some went unsung and some became heroes….mountaineer George Mallory in 1920’s when asked why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, he simply replied ‘Because it is there’ such was the exemplary courage brave men showed and fought against all odds to conquer nature, and I am sure that in near future man will famously utter “My dear country men, whether are not we are alone in the universe has been answered, we are able to make contact with intelligent alien life form”, and I am one of the firm believers that one day scientists will give us a pleasant news that we are not alone in the universe. 

Technological advancement may take Man to the distant stars, he may explore deep universe or even set foot some celestial bodies, but his quest to shake hand with the Supreme Being – ‘The God’  will be the most daring attempt in the whole history of mankind.  Theoretically he has achieved this by creating a school called Religion and God as it’s Principal, but he never was a good pupil, never followed the syllabus designed by its Principal.  Man was always a spoiled brat when it comes to learning or following principles of his religion, he failed in each and every way.  Hatred among own species is found only in ‘Homosapiens’ , the proud humans said to be the most intelligent life form in this whole universe fought wars, killed children, molested women, in the name of Religion.  10000 years of recorded history since Sumerians is full of war and gory, my ears would be in an high alert receptive position in class when history was taught about WW-II, Crusades or how Alexander defeated Porus? and at low receptive mode when Algebra or Calculus was explained. It’s the scientific temper that is the need of today and others secondary.  Nikita Krushchev asked  Yuri Gagarin on his historic space shot  "Did you see God, there Yuri ? ",  Gagarin  answered this with his famous smile silently..., this shows the arrogance of communists who competed with their counterparts the Americans  whom most of them are God fearing,...Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin second man to set foot on the moon has recited passage from Genesis taken from the Bible when their mission entered the Lunar Orbit... this  reflects the different mind set of Humans though they are working to achieve the same goal. Once should understand ‘Religious scriptures show the way, how to go to heaven, but not how the heavens go’.     

  

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