tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post7022227090518728039..comments2024-03-28T16:01:46.555-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Would we be able to share our universe?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10421841243499611982010-01-30T22:28:25.122-08:002010-01-30T22:28:25.122-08:00I think we should draw the curtains, turn off all ...I think we should draw the curtains, turn off all the lights and keep very very quiet.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-90090195086806424622010-01-27T10:04:17.372-08:002010-01-27T10:04:17.372-08:00Poet and Dominic - between you you have thrown a s...Poet and Dominic - between you you have thrown a spanner in the works - now I will never know what is happening.<br /><br />Margaret - shall put that on my reading list.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48068560313140610992010-01-27T09:58:34.677-08:002010-01-27T09:58:34.677-08:00Maggi - if the scientist is to be believed that fi...Maggi - if the scientist is to be believed that fighting instinct is born in us and always comes to the fore in times of uncertainty.<br />Titus - that is more or less my philosophy too.<br />Karen - yes, sad but very true.<br />Nita - luckily I don't think I shall still be around when all this happens.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7800651409404666692010-01-27T09:56:03.344-08:002010-01-27T09:56:03.344-08:00Cindee - i am inclined to agree with you.
Bonnie -...Cindee - i am inclined to agree with you.<br />Bonnie - I don't think my brain will take in the concept of a parallel universe.<br />Heather - and now we seem to be going nuclear, where are we going to store the nuclear waste?<br />Caroline - you make it all sound rather exciting I must say.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46019473051658506992010-01-27T05:56:42.509-08:002010-01-27T05:56:42.509-08:00I strongly suspect (intuitevly without a shred of ...I strongly suspect (intuitevly without a shred of evidence) that advanced beings are already here. <br /><br />We may already be in the galactic zoo. <br /><br />Advanced entities having mastered the art of time&space travel and all that is required to traverse the unimaginable distance between the stars will have in the course of their reseach developed the ability to make themselves and their equipment 'invisible' to us lesser entities. Direct contact with us would pose an unacceptable level of risk to them. <br />That being so, what would they be doing here? Watching us? Yes. But what for? That is the question.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2087268849211666912010-01-26T21:21:09.542-08:002010-01-26T21:21:09.542-08:00One of the first contact novels I've ever read...One of the first contact novels I've ever read is Maria Doria Russell's The Sparrow and it's sequel Children of God. It deals with an expedition to a newly discovered planet by a group of Jesuit priests and the subsequent attempt to understand a truly alien culture and species. I've read it several times.thousandflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577151568516965587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91559801684010527562010-01-26T19:50:27.418-08:002010-01-26T19:50:27.418-08:00GOOD POST ABOUT THE POPULATION GROWTH WE CAN CHECK...GOOD POST ABOUT THE POPULATION GROWTH WE CAN CHECK IT , SO OUR FUTURE GENERATION CAN LIVE COMFERTABLY.<br /><br />REGARDS<br /><br />DINESH CHANDRADinesh chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258082864099940181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40939575236781117672010-01-26T18:45:04.379-08:002010-01-26T18:45:04.379-08:00Exploring is what we do. Perhaps we will find a fa...Exploring is what we do. Perhaps we will find a family and some wisdom beyond the stars. Will they blog, d'ya think?<br /><br /><br />Aloha, Friend!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-76832649541493644532010-01-26T14:56:04.411-08:002010-01-26T14:56:04.411-08:00I think it is typically anthropocentric of us to t...I think it is typically anthropocentric of us to think life elsewhere will have any point of contact with ours in the way it looks, sustains itself and thinks. It may not even be possible to talk of it in those three terms.<br /><br />I always think of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48443443876036882142010-01-26T14:43:40.313-08:002010-01-26T14:43:40.313-08:00Any highly intelligent beings out there would prob...Any highly intelligent beings out there would probably be doing thier damndest to avoid contact with us.<br /> Humans are nothing if not maleable. I think we would share.Such a planet wouldnt be a resource to expolit for ages. Its not as if we can skip on over in our lifetime. <br />Perhaps by the time we could we will figure some things out.Nitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813723018530957006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-33765940234875346532010-01-26T14:30:16.085-08:002010-01-26T14:30:16.085-08:00Lots of fascinating "what ifs"!Lots of fascinating "what ifs"!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-19140468173300494202010-01-26T13:38:24.492-08:002010-01-26T13:38:24.492-08:00I agree with Maggi... I would be ashamed also, and...I agree with Maggi... I would be ashamed also, and I truly believe the _powers that be_ on this earth would exploit if given the chance. Sad truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28780998506793934892010-01-26T13:34:36.891-08:002010-01-26T13:34:36.891-08:00I too find it rather exciting, but then I did enjo...I too find it rather exciting, but then I did enjoy Star Trek back in the dim and distant Captain Kirk days.<br />There is so much to learn about our own earth, as well as the distant stars and galaxies, and enough scientists to do both. Embrace all knowledge, I say, but my caveat is that it unfortunately does not bring wisdom, which is what our species seems to lack, so often.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-63383559179319152982010-01-26T13:27:10.011-08:002010-01-26T13:27:10.011-08:00I think that we have enough problems getting on wi...I think that we have enough problems getting on with each other on this earth. I would be ashamed to let inter-planetary visitors see what is going on here.Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60759107474119109612010-01-26T13:23:17.133-08:002010-01-26T13:23:17.133-08:00I think there is a sense in which we (as individua...I think there is a sense in which we (as individuals - rather than as that collective, rather scary 'WE') would be able to make a choice. <br /><br />We could either be like Lucy in Narnia, longing to explore the new territory and wanting to learn from and embrace its kind 'people' (or 'beavers' and 'fauns' in Lucy's case) - or we could be like Edmund, with an eye to causing trouble. <br /><br />I have been a little simplistic in my analogy, I know, but I think you will follow the point I am hoping to make! Speaking of which, I wonder if we would find hoofprints or tracks in the snow...Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89848016953078837322010-01-26T13:00:19.718-08:002010-01-26T13:00:19.718-08:00I think we should stop wasting money looking for o...I think we should stop wasting money looking for other planets to ruin and take better care of this one. The moon is probably cluttered up with various defunct bits of machinery and Everest is strewn with litter and abandonned equipment from various attempts to reach the summit. I know both the moon landing and conquering Everest are wonderful achievements, but why does 'man' have to leave his rubbish everywhere he goes?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3840461832647015122010-01-26T12:56:54.438-08:002010-01-26T12:56:54.438-08:00Not sure we can, should or would want to tame curi...Not sure we can, should or would want to tame curious minds. There is so much to learn - and it is OUR universe. My husband was telling me that he was reading speculation in "Scientific American" about parallel universes with the same planets - and....perhaps....the same individuals - a parallel Pat and Bonnie living out there on a parallel Earth. Does tickle the imagination!!!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52313694289476913692010-01-26T10:53:37.458-08:002010-01-26T10:53:37.458-08:00I think we should stay put and teach people to use...I think we should stay put and teach people to use birth control and sustainable practices so we can take care of the planet we have.<br />CindeeMoonstone Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00590896950287118355noreply@blogger.com