"Astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone,” confirming that Earth-size planets exist in the habitable zones of other stars and signaling a significant step closer to finding a world similar to Earth. Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star..."
Which raises the age-old question: Why are we so eager to find another habitable planet populated by beings like us or not? If these beings are like us, how disappointing to see the same fools trying to make a go of it, clashing in innumerable wars, hoisting intolerance, mediocrity and enmity to positions of leadership and disregarding the voices of reason and enlightenment.
If the beings on these habitable planets are more frightening than us, more incompetent, less trustworthy, more volatile, threatening and vicious, who needs them as a neighbor? Why not just pass on a house of horrors?
And, if by chance, the lucky residents of habitable planet is more enlightened than us, why should we assume within degree of certainty that we would listen to their voices of spiritual wisdom anymore than we listen to those similar voices on our own habitable planet? Just because they may wear togas? And seeing the intractable mess we keep making of earth, who's to say they would want to earnestly try to work with us? You know the old saying, "We gave them everything and look what they did..."
"Look what we did..." echoes through the universe, and "Look what I did.." echoes through each heart from the beginning of time.
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