...one of the lowest forms of life.

Saw and listened to a theoretical physicist on TV tonight. Brilliant. Interesting. Says there are 3 levels of civilization in the universe. Described the 3 levels. I. II. III. And where do we fit on Earth? He suggests that we aren’t civilized yet. That we haven’t even reached Level I. That in another 100 years, we’ll maybe be entering the very bottom of Level I. Yes, if he’s right, we humans are one of the lowest forms of life in the universe. He suggests that if we have been visited by aliens from another civilization, they haven’t bothered to make contact. Because we are such low form of life. It would be like we humans trying to make contact with ants. No way can we communicate with ants. And imagine what ants think of our world. Here on Earth. Way, way beyond an ant’s comprehension. And that goes for our comprehension of our own cosmos, our own universe. We can’t really come close to understanding it. Any more than an ant can come to understand the Earth and what lies beyond. Imagine an ant even trying to comprehend our seemingly modern technology and the ability to travel around the Earth almost in a single day. Well, maybe in a Level III civilization there are beings that can cross the Milky Way galaxy in a day. That’s not any more preposterous than getting an ant to think that it can hitch a ride on an airplane and be halfway around the vast Earth in a few hours. Before the sun sets. Any way, I’m fascinated by the thought that we humans may be one of the lowest forms of life in this universe. --Jim Broede