SETI and others have their eyes fixed on the skies in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrials. As soon as humans are old enough to grasp the concept of ‘outer space’ we immediately begin to wonder what, or who, might be out there. Our brains are designed to be masterful pattern completion machines, and the unknown mystery of alien existence pulls many of us in like moths to a flame. The discovery of life forms that evolved on another planet would be groundbreaking for science, and especially biology, which has so far progressed with only a single instance of life to study. But while we are looking for other ‘intelligent’ beings that occupy our universe, we seem to ignore the nearly infinite supply of intelligent forms that exist right here on our planet. If we cannot recognize the intelligence of the beings that live along side us, how can we expect to recognize intelligent extraterrestrials? Aliens do exist. Alan Watts quote: "...the linear, step-by-step, contrast-by-contrast procedure of [conscious] attention is quite inadequate for organizing anything so complex as a living body. The body itself has an 'omniscience' which is unconscious, or superconscious, just because it deals with relation instead of contrast, with harmonies rather than discords." Links: The human brain as a masterful pattern completion machine: https://medium.com/the-spike/wired-for-memory-how-your-brain-remembers-by-completing-patterns-ad2c6d7bff89 Plants and quantum mechanics http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/12/5/055004/pdf Some examples of the similarities between corporations, societies, governments, and biology: https://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations http://evonomics.com/the-science-is-clear-economy-is-an-organism/ http://magic10percent.net/index.php/big-bodies-alive-ki-studies-72 The planet as an organism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Songs: "Uneven Symmetry (Psychadelik Pedestrian chillout edit)" by Notch and Aerologic