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Sharon's Shenanigans
Human egotism
COMMENTARY BY SHARON FLOREZ, OPINION EDITOR
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The diameter of the observable universe is 93 billion light-years — and that is just what is observable. This fact, along with my limited conceptual understanding of string theory, make up my daily existentialist dread. To think that most humans go on with their day believing that no other life forms exist in this unfathomably vast universe is, to say the least, baffling. And vain.
My overactive imagination enjoys interrupting my day with scenarios of what other life forms observing Earth must be thinking of humans. They laugh at our paper money and its imaginary value; our inability to stop going to war with each other and the concept of separate nations.
Realistically, they probably do not like us. They may talk bad about us to other alien life forms about how they wish to never associate with such an underdeveloped ape-descendent life form (which is elitist). But can we blame them? Humans are probably the galaxy’s embarrassment. The ugly duckling that never gets included. The family member that never gets invited to anything. And we deserve that title.
For centuries, the possibility of alien life has been a fun concept to debate and laugh about. However, I am not too sure we are going to be laughing much longer. The recent COVID-19 relief bill gives the U.S. government 180 days to release everything they know about UFOs. Additionally, the former Israeli space security chief publicly announced that a galactic federation exists and is in contact with the U.S. government. He went further to claim that there was an underground base in Mars with both American and alien life forms working together.
Conspiracy theorists around the world are surely excited, myself included. The years of rewatching Men in Black and E.T. have prepared me for this moment. I even have a list of so-called humans I am suspicious of being aliens, including but not limited to: Mark Zuckerberg, Ariana Grande, Lil Uzi Vert, Elvis Presley and Jeffree Star. There is simply no way that we are alone in this universe and for believing so, there is surely one thing all humans have in common: the audacity.
