In the Wild West of internet discourse, I offer a glimpse into my perspective on aliens.

The Real Question Isn't "Do They Exist?"

What are we going to do to provoke or engage in a long-term conversation, intelligently, with beings superior to us? After all, if we meet any species within our own solar system, they will surpass our abilities by centuries, if not millennia or greater—in virtually every regard, from morals and ethics to material processes we can only imagine today in science fiction. This assumes we have not completely misunderstood vast areas of science and engineering.

Can we as humans handle being considered inferior to another species?

In general, no. Consider what many in the UFO community call grey aliens: small and sometimes tall, lithe beings that appear asexual and devoid of a threatening physical presence—aliens that seem incapable at first glance of being physically stronger than us. This might be true if they did not possess advanced technology of their host race.

If an advanced race of beings exists, it follows the Dark Forest method for good reason. What if a species vastly more advanced than us—bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than us in every conceivable way—exists? Essentially gods, as far as we are concerned. They watch from within the confines of darkness, monitoring our progress, sometimes even keeping other, less-friendly species away from us with just their mere presence. A grandfather species. The ideal territorial predator.

If I were that grandfather species, I would have to create an intermediary race of beings capable of physically interacting with them for one simple reason: If you meet a two-thousand-pound predatory cat in the jungle, suddenly, what do you think would happen? Nothing good, given the human fight-or-flight response. However, when a human meets a tiny, non-threatening grey alien, our automatic response is curiosity—we perceive something less threatening than another human. This allows our brains to process another form of intelligence.

If they’re already monitoring us, why do we need to signal intelligence?

Consider a caretaker of a small animal or pet—an animal that shows no signs of interest in playing games when that caretaker throws a ball or places a toy in front of it. Will the caretaker continue introducing new and exciting stimuli for that animal over time? Perhaps occasionally. An interactive animal, one constantly learning new things, demonstrates greater intelligence. No engagement = no progress.

What is a Greek Labour? Real gods do not torture their subjects, nor demand sacrifices—they teach them.

Charles Darwin was a deeply religious man who felt compelled to understand why his God allowed suffering to occur. So in a manner reminiscent of Greek myths, Darwin was taken around the globe by natural forces (as if by Zeus himself), witnessing Greek principles of logic and reason at work. During Darwin’s adventure, he witnessed a church collapse due to an earthquake. The simple answer from Zeus to Darwin: Build. A. Better. Church. Darwin learned that nature—like Zeus—rewards adaptation and improvement, not rigid structures.

The Greeks engineered stone columns with dry-stone construction techniques that allowed limited movement during earthquakes, helping structures survive catastrophic events. Many of those monuments to human achievement stand silent today—testaments to principles of adaptation and reasoned engineering. We should do a better job honoring our past, versus glorifying the clowns of political theatrics—processes more akin to indoctrination that creates a sense of injustice. This creates pure chaos—younger minds are more susceptible to false values that resemble mystical thinking rather than the disciplined reasoning the Greeks exemplified—healthy habits of mind and body grounded in observable reality.

What is the best method for trying to bridge that gap in intelligence with a Grandfather species?

Hypergame theory asks: when applied to alien contact, are we willing to engage with uncertainty and explore? Consider Oumuamua. It is either a natural anomaly we don’t yet understand, or it represents something truly unique—potentially designed.

When I analyzed all the variables using an AI with reasoning capabilities comparable to a human IQ equivalent of 120±5, it assessed Oumuamua as having a >70% likelihood of being a caretaker event—artificially designed rather than natural. Probability this is random: <1%. Conventional natural explanation: <15%. I might even upload the conversation as supporting evidence; it is a very long conversation. Below is a list of variables I used on the subject of Oumuamua, so readers can do their own analysis. The real message here isn't about conspiracy theories and political theater—that's just incompetence dressed up as something mysterious. What concerns me are the other documented historical events that display variables similar to Oumuamua. This is not some dark humorous liberal joke to me [see video].

Variables of Oumuamua (our first interstellar object):

- Size: Goldilocks object with very rare variables for a space rock.

- Dimness/Brightness: Hard to observe with telescopes? No visible outgassing?

- Incoming direction: From Vega (Greek symbolism, Arabic "falling eagle").

- Outgoing direction: Toward Pegasus (mythical symbolism)

- 10:1 ratio: Falls within Earth military/commercial vessel proportions.

- Course correction: Controlled H2 outgassing while tumbling?

- Scientific evidence: A few pixels on a hard drive is the best our billion-dollar assets can do?

We must show our caretakers that we perceive what other less advanced races do not. When they observe us playing independently, solving problems, they will likely respond with new challenges. Some people might find it highly offensive that we are some highly evolved species’ pet project—I am merely pointing out the elephant in the room. Right or wrong, it follows a proven pattern: the older, wiser sibling teaching the younger, more naïve sibling about the dangers of space. It is not a matter of if we will ever meet alien life forms, but when. Alien intelligence exists, and it is more than a mathematical probability.

The Fermi Paradox: A simple answer to a complex question.

I find the Fermi Paradox to be disingenuous from a scientific point of view and frankly somewhat patronizing to people of average intelligence. All carbon-based lifeforms will behave with similar psychology to ours given stable stellar conditions producing similar evolutionary pressures. If aliens evolved under similar conditions, they face the same practical constraints and motivations we do. The main issue with the Fermi Paradox is its assumption that we should hear alien signals. The natural background noise of the Galaxy might scramble such signals even if directed towards us. And no offense to science—a powerful radio signal is a long shot if one is to shoot it toward another world light-years away. Do we need to beam megawatt-level signals across the stars just to be heard? We have no actual real-world data on how that signal might arrive from a distant star system or how much power would be required to ensure minimal signal degradation, because we are stuck in one place. Voyager 1 can detect powerful signals from NASA, not general eavesdropping from Earth. Broad radio leakage from Earth is lost in cosmic static and solar interference.

But even if aliens have devices capable of detecting us from across this local sector of the Milky Way—beyond the technical challenges, consider the practical ones: imagine you are sitting in your house in the forest. You have all modern tech at your disposal, computers, off-road truck, satellite communication, and GPS. Now imagine you are living your life, working to put food on your table in a modern world. You go to bed one night and are awakened by the sudden howling of a baboon in the forest. The first time you hear it, it startles you. You check your computer to determine if it is something you should be concerned with. The computer identifies the noise as a common primate not capable of breaking into the house, though a baboon is dangerous in certain scenarios. You go back to sleep. Just as you wouldn't investigate every animal sound, aliens likely have their own problems to be concerned with. Silence doesn’t mean absence—it means rational behavior.

Only someone with a reckless and impulsive mindset would journey outside in the middle of the night with all the dangers associated with hunting down one of the many random animals in the dark forest. It still requires considerable effort to track down a simple low-level primate. Similarly, we are still incapable of directly imaging most distant exoplanets, especially Earth-like worlds around sun-like stars. When we finally perfect such technology, we will have proof. It is that simple.

What would be the next logical step for humans in space?

We should build an electromagnetic launcher: a mass driver station at a Lagrange point near Earth. This would give us the ability to respond not only to simple asteroid threats but also to interact with our local dark forest. A win-win in many respects that will provide vast educational and monetary gains by launching space probes and drones with advanced AI throughout the solar system. This would allow us to reach out safely with AI drones, giving us the ability to detect subtle anomalies in space—to see a leaf move clearly, so to speak— when something deviates from the norm in our local environment. Our first move in practical engagement with possible alien intelligence in space.

A mass driver is affordable and safe.

A mass driver near Earth orbit would propel humanity into the future far more cost-effectively than conventional rockets, allowing us to reach the outer solar system in months to years instead of decades. Travel speed depends on the mass driver’s size. A 1600 meter mass driver station—about the size of four standard ocean-going vessels on Earth—is very feasible to manage and could be built in 10-20 years, depending on our ability to harness SpaceX Starship’s payload capacity. This would be a worthwhile engineering feat if we as a species had the desire to build such a vessel in space.

A mass driver for human travel would be far more intricate and dangerous, and far more localized than the entire solar system. Travel to the Moon could be accomplished in hours, and travel to Mars in weeks, not months. Of course, there is a limit to how fast we can safely accelerate humans versus a satellite with instruments that can handle extreme G-forces without catastrophic structural failure—even in space. I did some crude calculations for the mass driver station based on the US Navy’s railgun project. I came up with a few practical methods for deceleration in space that I will elaborate on later. The only question is what we would logically power the mass driver with: nuclear or solar arrays with massive batteries? Both would accomplish the task depending on how frequently we wanted to launch probes into our solar system.

Would aliens be beneficial?

Advanced life almost certainly exists, given the statistical probability across billions of stars. Whether they have visited us remains debatable—certain historical anomalies could be interpreted as evidence of contact, though this is speculative. A large portion of our species has been blinded by our conceited apex status from pondering such implications. Though to be fair, our territorial instincts are partly biological. In the grand scheme of things, aliens—or the idea of aliens—bring tangible value to our world, like putting food on our table. By pursuing greater things, we can build a world that gives us access to better tools for understanding how to survive the next stage in our world’s evolution.

In the End

I will construct a mass driver station based on the topic discussed above for my game design portfolio and my YouTube channel, to demonstrate my ability to transform this concept into something worthy of a Tom Clancy novel—complete with basic story premise and gameplay mechanics for a realistic military sci-fi shooter-themed game. This is about business—making money in a positive way while spurring practical ideas that improve all our lives.

For Orion!