Space Beings Are We All

It has always amazed me how prevalent is the lack of logical thinking when it comes to the extraterrestrial issue. Since we do live on one of the planets of this solar system, we too live in space. We too are space beings as the word for extraterrestrial translates in many languages. If we think that our planet Tellus is dot xA127 in  a giant system of dots where another dot, aY374, far far away from us, has no idea of our existence, but has an elevated sense of the probabilities and possibilities, who's to say that our dot with less elevated sense has even a miniscule monopoly on defining possible existencies of others? We are space beings same as they, living in this vast universe that may in fact consist of multiverses and several layers of time. An Australian ant without wings has probably never seen a member of different species that resides in the Americas. You wouldn't expect it to be aware of it either, but just living happily its life. As do we humans. But we do have higher intellect and far broader means to communicate - we should know better, or at least strive to.

Even a so-called expert in his own field may deign to tell an expert in another field that "I can guarantee you that there is no such thing as UFOs." That sort of thinking - whether it really is thinking - is nothing short of dumbfounding.
  
PS. The picture above is from an 1888 book by Camille Flammarion called "L'atmosphere: meteorologie populaire", and was engraved by "Anonymous". "Urbi et orbi" means "To the City (of Rome) and to the World", and was a standard opening of Ancient Roman proclamations ("peace to this city and to the world"). This picture left a lasting impression in me as a child, and made me want to also peak outside, to see what's beyond. That quest still persists. And I want to share it with you.