Is it normal that i don't want to live on earth anymore?

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Well, I'm tired of living on earth. The planet has beauty, but most if it has sadly been ruined. When I think about this planet I can't help but to think about all of the negatives. I haven't be allover the world, I've only traveled to a few places but I feel like it's pointless. I'm tired of all the wars and pollution. I feel like this planet doesn't really have anything to offer and compared to other planets we are severely behind.

I wish this world could be like Futurama in how our planet would be in communication with other planets and space travel would be widely used. I want to visit other worlds and meet new beings. Learn about their cultures, languages and try their cuisines. I would like to find a new home and settle down among the stars.

I think it's silly for humans to say that we are the only intelligent life in the universe. Imagine how we could benefit if we became more open to the universe? is it normal to feel this way?

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  • OCDC
    11 years ago

    The main part I don't understand is: 'I feel like this planet doesn't really have anything to offer and compared to other planets we are severely behind.'

    What doesn't it have to offer? Earth has enough oxygen/carbon dioxide/ carbon/water etc etc to sustain life, and is the only known planet to contain 'intelligent life'. I'm sure there are other planets out there which have equally, if not more sophisticated life forms, but, for now, we are the peak of evolution.

    Most other known planets are dry, barren, frozen wastelands, so how the Earth is behind them all... ?!

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    • flutterhigh
      11 years ago

      Not to mention, OP says "imagine if we became more open to the universe" as if the advanced alien neighbors live down the street, and we're such big assholes that we haven't said hello yet.

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      • iEatZombies_
        11 years ago

        Has anyone here noticed that you're awesome yet?

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        • flutterhigh
          11 years ago

          I have. Does that count?

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          • iEatZombies_
            11 years ago

            Why, yes. Yes it does. =)

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    • suckonthis9
      11 years ago

      We must get the idea that we are the "peak of evolution" out of our heads.
      The most highly evolved creature on Earth is actually a Crustacean, a Lobster.
      Think about that next time you might want to have one for dinner.

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      • OCDC
        11 years ago

        Really?
        I find that hard to believe.
        (Also, I don't like lobster anyway! :P)

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        • suckonthis9
          11 years ago

          Believe it or not. Lobsters have 100 chromosomes, whereas humans have only 46. Furthermore, lobsters have far more genetic adaptations within those chromosomes in their DNA.

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          • flutterhigh
            11 years ago

            That's like saying "well, my alarm clock is made up of 50,000 pieces, and I've modified it way more times than you have." That doesn't make it a better alarm clock. There's no quantifiable measure for progression, or rather, to quantify it is to miss the point.

            I think it's most plausible to think that of all possible life in the universe, we're probably somewhere in the middle in terms of advancement (it's called the Mediocrity Principle). That said, if you find nothing impressive about the complex web of language and culture we've created (not to mention our exponential technological/scientific/medical trajectory) then sure, lobsters are way further than us.

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            • suckonthis9
              11 years ago

              I did not say that Lobsters are Sentient creatures, just that they are more evolved, which they are. "Better" is not an appropriate term to use in this. If a creature has successful adaptations for survival, it is unlikely to evolve as long as it's environment remains relatively stable and that other (new) life forms do not invade (expand) into it's environs. The primary force for our own evolution from the other Great Apes, is mostly due to environmental shifts caused by Glacial Ages. If these Glacial Ages did not occur, we would most likely still be in small numbers, and living in the rainforest in Central Africa much like Bonobos do today.
              As far as advanced (Ethical) Sentient life in the Universe goes, we are all at age 1 (on a scale of 1-100) with the exception of those who have not yet developed or have lost their ability to be Ethical, and myself who just turned 2.

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  • nobodyspecial
    11 years ago

    Is there intelligent life on earth??

    Yes, but I'm only visiting

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  • Wh0Ar3YoU
    11 years ago

    Thats it! Im contributing to helping the world become less poluted. Im going Green today!!

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  • Xena
    11 years ago

    First off most planets people mention here aren't hospitable for humans. However there are different groups of people who feel the same way including myself. I recognize your feelings. I don't think about moving to Mars or Saturn but I know there are other planets where intelligent beings do live. We are incarnated from not only Earth but others planets from others galaxy's. I suggest looking up pleiadians. Also look up astral projection. There is a reason we are here.

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      Thank you:) I was thinking about taking up Astral Projection. Is it the same as OBE's?

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  • MRmr
    11 years ago

    Then get the hell of my planet

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    • flutterhigh
      11 years ago

      What do you need with the hell of your planet?

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      • MRmr
        11 years ago

        You

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        • flutterhigh
          11 years ago

          That joke just soared over your head, didn't it? How cute.

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          • MRmr
            11 years ago

            No..it was just a poorly executed joke, but hey we all fail at times right?

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            • flutterhigh
              11 years ago

              So I've been told.

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  • DamianMontgomeryJR.
    11 years ago

    The only possible close planet is 23 lightyears away and the g force to get to the speed even if it took 20 ys to get to light speed would kill you thereforee you suck at life and should have an orgy with me and my pet animals <3

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  • flax
    11 years ago

    Where do you want to live then?

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  • iEatZombies_
    11 years ago

    If we were able to live on other planets, we would pollute those, too. I think that would just about crush your dream.
    It's not the place that has to change, it's the people.

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  • Dulse.
    11 years ago

    Let's fix it.

    We are far to clever a thing to not be progressing forward like this.

    The world really won't have us soon if we don't change things. In the lifetime of our species we are perhaps in the last year. Why don't we all do something, what have we got to lose?

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    • Glass
      11 years ago

      One word.

      Money.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    "I feel like this planet doesn't really have anything to offer"
    This sounds a lot like how the people that colonized and developed the lands that this Earth DID have to offer felt.

    It's human nature to be disatisfied with what one has and that human nature is what is destroying our planet as we speak. I think we need to learn how to appreciate what we have instead of feeling the need to go out and extend our dissatisfaction across whatever and wherever we have access to. If our recent and distant ancestors could have learned that, then we probably wouldn't be in such a predicament to begin with.

    "Learn about their cultures, languages and try their cuisines. I would like to find a new home and settle down among the stars."

    Obviously you have not done much travel on the Earth you live on. There are cultures here that are so foriegn and intellectually stimulating that they would literally fucking blow your mind.

    If you can't learn to appreciate what you have here on Earth, what makes you think you would be able to fully appreciate what you could find elsewhere?

    Just saying. Lack of appreciation for what is given to us is one of the hallmarks of how humans have hurt this beautiful planet Earth. Look around. We have all we need right here. It's up to you to find it. Good luck.

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    • flutterhigh
      11 years ago

      Wait. There are cultures that would LITERALLY blow my mind? D:

      North Korea?

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  • suckonthis9
    11 years ago

    Firstly, as compared to other planets, dwarf planets and satellites that have extant life (quite common actually), this planet, Earth is not severely behind. It is rare for a planet to support more advanced Sentient and Ethical creatures, occuring only about every 450 light years apart, on average. This planet has much to offer, but you are essentially correct, that we are (collectively) ruining it. This is why it is important for us to limit our population to sustainable levels, and correct the path we're on.
    Secondly, this planet is in communication with other planets. Where do you think "our" most brilliant innovations and inventions came from? It is unadvisable to visit many other worlds, as these environments are detrimental to our survival. For this reason, the idea of meeting these other creatures is usually impracticable. Communication with them is possible BUT we must stop making the pre-suppositions that they are anything like us. Our nearest neighbours (advanced, Sentient, Ethical) have a markedly different body plan than we do, but are similar in that they are curious and fight amongst themselves for resources (four major resource wars). They are slightly more advanced than we are, but deeply distrust the shadow creatures. Our next nearest neighbours are about twice as advanced as us, but I know little about them as they quite plainly, do not want anything to do with us. The shadow creatures, who are the most advanced in our local galactic cluster, have a perfect circulatory system, deriving energy directly from the Quark Realm and do not have mouths or communicate verbally.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    @flutterhigh that made me laugh xD x

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