The thought of colonizing Mars is no longer hypothetical. Agencies like NASA have set dates and has a clear plan for inducing it. 2030, that's not too far out in the future. Keeping that in mind, NASA and several other space agencies are recruiting the first colonizers ready on a one-way trip to Mars.
What if life on earth too began the same way? Then, would humans be considered as Gods for the life forms that evolve there? Is this human tendency to play God by conquering nature a genetic trait implanted in us by our own creator? Is this the reason why humans as a species are the only one on earth with a consciousness? Finally, did the first crossover humans turn against and destroy or drive off our own creators from the earth in an experiment gone wrong?
Science believes that "Humans did not evolve from apes, gorillas or chimps. We are all modern species that have followed different evolutionary paths, though humans share a common ancestor with some primates, such as the African ape. The timeline of human evolution is long and controversial, with significant gaps. Experts do not agree on many of the start and end points of various species". Are these gaps then attributable to external intervention?
With advancement in robotics and artificial intelligence, I wonder if it would be necessary to send a human to Mars first. Would biological machines prepare the right terrain and environment fit enough to support human and animal life? Then, come to think of it, why do we need to waste resources to convert a hostile enviornment to comfortable, when our intelligent robots would just thrive in Mar's existing eco-system? Robots could extract natural resources, manufacture goods, grow and process food, and do all the nice things we want to do on the red planet. Factually, intelligent robots would not require human intervention to begin with as they would be stronger, more efficient, self-learning, self-fixing, more intelligent and even self-propagating machines that could be productive forever. All they would need is some form of powering up like we energy from food. If solar and wind are not enough to fulfill the need, then I am sure they will learn how to overcome the situation like we, their Gods did. What if; just what if; they discover that humans make a great source of power. That is, once it dawns on them that we need them to sustain ourselves, but they have no other use for us. Remember the movie Matrix?
Ultimately, the God of things is always cleverer. Look at us, we humans from the start of civilization, do worship our own creators in the glorified human form we can relate to. Man may probably ensure that his creations accord him the same level of respect by creating a form that his creations would understand. Right on! Man will transform himself into a super mechanoid and stake his claim to immortality like our own Gods have. Far fetched written on dope you think? I would not be the first to be accused of it.
IF LIFE is not discovered on Mars any time soon it could be SENT there instead, NASA have said.
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