"Once we get this Covid thing tamed, we can get back to what we should be doing in the 2020's - stretching and growing. Greatly expanding our horizons. That is what hungry minds do. Learn by exploring. Take the risk, take the gamble. That is what makes humans, human."
If I wanted to insult someone, I would say something like, "You only know 5% of what you are talking about!" Ouch - that one would hurt. But picture this - ever since Magellan circumnavigated the Earth by ocean travel in the early 1500's, ever since Jacques Cousteau explored and studied the oceans in the 1900's, we still only know about 5% of everything there is to know about our oceans. What is left to explore in the remaining 95%? Just about anything and everything.
What we really need right now, is someone like an Elon Musk who wants to finish the job that Magellan started. I mean, Musk has his eye glued firmly on the stars. A Moon base, humans up to Mars, the Asteroid Belt, and who knows what or where after that. But we still have most of the oceans left to explore, but there are also places on dry land which are un-explored. Places like Siberia, parts of the Amazon rain forest, parts of Brazil, much of Antarctica, and even some parts of Mexico.
What can we possibly gain by exploring these un-explored places on Mother Earth? For starters, many scientists believe there are treasures abounding in unknown plants which may have natural cures contained within them. Species of animals which we know nothing about. Mineral deposits, which may contain Rare Earths, or elements on the Periodic Table which go beyond Element 118. No, there is much left we can learn right here on Earth.
Want to walk on the wild side for just a second? I was watching a YouTube interview recently with one of the Naval aviators who was involved in the now famous "Tic Tac" UFO/USO incident. What he described (and what the USS Princeton had on their SPY-1 radar), shows how little we know about our oceans. Flying crafts which have zero avionics, impossible maneuvers, and incredible speeds. For years, people in Southern California and Northwestern Mexico have seen USOs coming out of the ocean, and then heading straight up into the heavens. What are these things? No clue. But they "ain't nothing".
Same is true for Antarctica. There have been stories for years about strange things happening on this southern frontier. What do we know about this vast, frozen wasteland? Not much. Is there more to know? Absolutely. We owe it to ourselves to find out the hidden secrets which exist down there.
Who is going to be the next great explorer? The next Magellan, Columbus, Cousteau, or Musk? The world, the cosmos, are our oysters right now, just ripe to reveal their hidden secrets. I love reading about Elon Musk. He is a "one of a kind right now", in a world where there is plenty of room for more just like him.
Once we get this Covid thing tamed, we can get back to what we should be doing in the 2020's - stretching and growing. Greatly expanding our horizons. That is what hungry minds do. Learn by exploring. Take the risk, take the gamble. That is what makes humans, human.
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