They Are Us<\/p>\n
Imagine if we stumbled upon a planet populated by Neanderthals. Would we choose to reveal our existence to them? How would they react to witnessing our spacecraft soaring across the sky? Can you picture how our language and communication would sound to their ears? Would we \u201cabduct\u201d them, administer tests with needles, and then safely return them once we were finished? Might we even use anesthetics to ensure they wouldn\u2019t retain any memories of the experience? If they were to share their story, would they be dismissed as “crazy”? Would our motivations for studying them be rooted in their benefit or purely our own interests? Our everyday technology would undoubtedly challenge their understanding of the world.<\/p>\n
In many ways, we would likely treat them like the Grays\u2014or any other unidentified beings that we believe have interacted with us. Countless interactions, both big and small, would mirror those we have with such entities. For example, they might notice our physical similarities and inevitably remark on the contrast between our hairless bodies and their own. The shape of our noses and heads would surely seem peculiar to them.<\/p>\n
What insights could we gain about ourselves by examining them? We wouldn\u2019t have to rely on fragmented bones dating back thousands of years to piece together our origins, evolution, and social behaviors.<\/p>\n
Perhaps we should consider redefining NHI as AHI\u2014Advanced Human Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"