For hundreds of years we have observed the world around us and made assumptions about other life on this planet based on those observations. We see two animals making exaggerated movements towards each other, followed by intercourse, and we assume that the prior movements were a mating dance or courtship ritual. We see two of the same species year after year, and we assume that they are monogamous. We see a group of the same species living together and assume that they have a social structure.
Have you ever wondered, if an Alien came to our planet to observe us, what they would say about our species? We try and believe in true love and romance and all of that, and yet the alien would observe humans cheating on their spouses, and all the divorces, and then just to throw their minds for a loop, you have things like polygamy and same sex couples and transvestites, and prostitutes. It would be really hard to give a broad spectrum sexual classification. Would Vegas, with it's drive through weddings, be considered our courtship grounds? Would they wonder at our courtship rituals, varying from huge elaborate weddings, to picking up someone in a bar? Realistically, would they say that those who spend more time going through the elaborate courtship ritual stay together better?
Additionally, their assumptions about us would change depending on where in the world they were observing. Comparing the human that live in the US to those that live in Asia or some other country would be like comparing a house-cat to a tiger in the societal and environmental differences.
What do you think aliens would say about us?
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