The argument for the existence of life in different places in the universe can lead to endless and aimless (but fascinating) speculation.
Why assume that aliens so far advanced technologically are still bound by the chains of aging bodies? As we see our own technology advancing, and our minds becoming ever more entangled with digital devices, we can envision a kind of transhuman future whereby our mind’s essence, what we (loosely) identify with our inner self and memories, becomes immaterial, soullike, tethered to reality through information alone. In his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke speculated that aliens would have broken away from carbon-based and robotic machine structures so “that the mind would eventually free itself from matter (...) and if there is anything beyond that, its name could only be God.”
This is where astrotheology begins, as we envision aliens as the techno-version of godlike creatures, with the obvious subtext that one day we are going to get there too. So, not only is their technology magic to us, but their very existence becomes equivalent to a supernatural presence — omniscient, omnipresent, and undetectable by our feeble human senses and machines. Such aliens are indistinguishable from gods inhabiting the heavenly realm, being as elusive as countless deities have been throughout human history. They exist only in that intangible dimension of faith.
🔗 Texto adaptado de: Marcelo Gleiser. The dawn of a mindful universe: a manifesto for humanity’s future. Disponível em: HarperOne. Acesso em: 2024.
🟨 Questao 18
The main objective of text 1A3-II is to
(A) argue that aliens have a human-like form of life.
(B) defend the idea that aliens do not need spaceships.
(C) claim that the aliens mentioned in Clarke’s novel are young.
(D) establish a possible connection between the notions of aliens and gods.
(E) offer an unprecedented notion of how aliens live in outer space.
Gabarito: D
🧭 Leitura orientada
O texto culmina na ideia de que alienígenas, por serem tecnologicamente avançados e imateriais, passam a ser vistos como equivalentes a deuses. Essa relação é o eixo central do texto.
📝 Analise tecnica das alternativas
(A) Incorreta. O texto não fala em forma humana. 🚩 Pegadinha da banca: projetar antropomorfismo inexistente.
(B) Incorreta. Espaçonaves não são discutidas. 🚩 Pegadinha da banca: inserir tema estranho ao texto.
(C) Incorreta. Idade dos alienígenas não é mencionada. 🚩 Pegadinha da banca: confundir obra citada com tese do texto.
(D) Correta. O texto constrói explicitamente a equivalência aliens = gods. 🚩 Pegadinha evitada: identificar a tese global do texto.
(E) Incorreta. O texto não descreve como vivem, mas o significado simbólico deles. 🚩 Pegadinha da banca: confundir meio com objetivo.
🚩 Armadilhas da banca
A banca oferece alternativas que falam de detalhes (forma, idade, tecnologia), mas o texto quer estabelecer uma relação conceitual entre alienígenas e deuses.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
O objetivo central do texto é ligar alienígenas à ideia de deuses. Gabarito: D.