Mirika wrote: ↑Oct 31st, '20, 12:26
Isn't the word 'alien' just how we define things we don't know? I am no language expert.
I do definitely believe there is other life out there, and therefore they would by definition be aliens. I am completely sure that it's not like any movie though, and heck, life may work completely different there. We keep saying life needs food and water, but who says it works like that on another planet? Who says they have any earthly rules?
Either way, I am sure there's other life, but it may come in other forms as we know in ALL kinds of ways.
I study literature, so when we're talking about people or aliens that we don't understand we usually use the term "other" and as a verb it's "othering" i.e. "That club is othering people who don't live in their neighborhood at the block party because they don't fit in."
Alien is a common slur for people coming into the states, but I've seen people talk about how the U.S. Government has acknowledged there is extraterrestrial life out there, wherever there is.
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