What Does Alien Mean to you?

[Shadowprophet]

hear me out, This was longer than I intended for it to be. I apologize for that, Still, You are fundamentally here because you don't mind reading, Right?

What if aliens have been here for hundreds of thousands of years? What if they engineered us? What if they brought us here? Before we start, These expressions are philosophical. I'm not looking to debate if these events transpired, I want to debate the Philosophical lines drawn in the sand at what point we consider something alien. If some species of being just landed in their craft and said the old cliched line, "Take me to your leader" We could pretty comfortably say, 'Those guys are alien' But, for the sake of context, Lets say those aliens had been here on earth longer than you had, For that matter, longer than your grandfathers, grandfathers, Grandfather had, At what point do we stop calling it an alien? I mean, if it's been here longer than we have, Longer than possibly civilization has, Heck if it had a literal input to our development, "Philosophically" How alien is it at that point?

We tend to be very blunt and inarticulate with the way we categorize information. An example would be, Commonly, people misuse and abuse the word "Alien" By textbook definition

Google/ Define Alien.

adjective

1. 1.
   belonging to a foreign country or nation.
   synonyms: foreign, overseas, nonnative, external, distant, remote
   "the study of alien cultures promotes self-awareness"
   • noun

1. 1.
   a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.

The actual proper usage of the word alien implies Geo political yet very terrestrial region specific origin. yet when we say alien, We mean Extraterrestrial,

Google/ Define Extraterrestrial

ex·tra·ter·res·tri·al
/ˌekstrətəˈrestrēəl/

adjective

1. 1. of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.
   "searches for extraterrestrial intelligence"

1. noun

1. 1. a hypothetical being from outer space, especially an intelligent one.

I bring this up because We all use the word alien very loosely, And don't get me wrong, I'm all on board with modern usage of creative language, I'm not picking on modern uses for the lexicon. It's just, I debate for clarity on What is an alien?, In the modern context? Would those Beings who brought us here? who, for the sake of this debate, Created us, Would they still be alien? And if they were, and did, Wouldn't we also be alien?

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What does "Alien" Mean to you?

 

[Kchoo]

Intelligent biological travelers interacting with Earth humans.

They can be any shape or form, but often appear humanoid.

They arent so much different than us, other than advancements in knowledge by the technology they use.

 

[nivek]

What does "Alien" Mean to you?

Alien to me is something introduced into an environment that it did not originate from, no matter if that environment is a planet, a country, a region, or my back yard...

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[Rick Hunter]

I am starting to think that my essential being (spirit, soul, whatever) is alien to this place and time. I really hope that someday I arrive at wherever and whatever I am supposed to be, either in this life or another.