[analog]

Not that i believe this, but i like to sometimes think unconventionally.

If you look at the progression of planets from near to far, starting with Mercury, there seems to be a pattern of sorts to it. One could get the impression that the individual views of all of the planets are in fact stages in the life of one planet. Wheather it be asscending or descending from the sun, as time elapses changes are constantly taking place over vast amounts of time that alter the appearance of each.

The inner-most planets are more solid filled as if coming out of the forge of the sun and cooling to form dense balls of mass. As you move out to the next planet, the gases continue to divide from the solids, until you get to the point of progression, where the gases take over and are more abundant, as is seen with the gas giants like jupiter. Then, past them, things continue to change, as seen in pluto, even though it's not considered a planet anymore.

Thus, following that train of thought, all of the interactions on those planets are inevitably work related to progress it along the assembly line of sorts. Which is interesting because where we live would be the logical place to get the trapped gases and things from within the hardned surface. Just as form follows function, you would need a very well equiped creation for that roll, life perhaps.

Life would then be the progression of form following function, until you arrived at the one function that took some extra inginuity, digging, releasing the trapped gases and such within the earth below. This would take a special creature, one whose job would require intelligence to mold other things into doing it's bidding. Thus, bringing about the need for consiousness and higher thinking, such as emotion and religion.

From their earliest recorded history they would be building monuments to why they are here. Things such as pyramids, things that would stand the test of time as a symbol of the reason for their creation. They could have chose not to build, but their motivations of religion and culture were convincing enough. So, they did what they were put here to do. They hauled big stones and such, and put them in the most efficient pile imaginable, as a testament through the years of the nature of man, blind to their real purpose, swayed by their beliefs.

This would imply that the current state of a planet dictates its orbital distance from the sun. That being said, perhaps we now live at not only the only stage of a planet that can sustain life, but also the only radius that can sustain it. Perhaps, we forever mingle within our realm, waiting to supply our services to the next rock coming down the line.

This gives an industrial type feel to existence, I think. Whereby, we loose ourselves in day to day life, as we drive around in our necessary creations spuing gases as is needed for change. Not even realizing, the polution we fear is the reason we are here.

So, from this view, why are we here? Because of the inginuity it takes to manipulate tools to do the hardest job in existence.

Just thought I would stir some thoughts.

[mkirkpatrick]

Thanks Analog,I like the idea you are posting,we could indeed be on a sort of assembly
line,starting of as very dross and "dense material,then ascending up the evolutionary ladder from the mineral realm,veg,animal,and finally into the human kingdom,and then
on ever upward,next stop Mars!



regards michael.

[analog]

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick Thanks Analog,I like the idea you are posting,we could indeed be on a sort of assembly line,starting of as very dross and "dense material,then ascending up the evolutionary ladder from the mineral realm,veg,animal,and finally into the human kingdom,and then on ever upward,next stop Mars! regards michael.

or perhaps Venus? maybe our job is done on Mars, and soon Earth. who's to say? thanks for the reply.

[analog]

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