If my speculation that some organizations are emergent, conscious entities in their own right, then super-intelligent aliens may have been among us for some time.
"in this world, there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has their reasons" --- attrib. to Jean Renoir (details in the Quotes blog.)
If my speculation that some organizations are emergent, conscious entities in their own right, then super-intelligent aliens may have been among us for some time.
Many things are said to take on a life of their own: corporations, movements, projects, urban legends, accusations, and so on. (For sample sentences, see The Free Dictionary, Longman, and Merriam-Webster.) I’m going to take this literally and assume that human enterprises – notably digital technologies – are not just alive but also conscious. In this way digital tech is a greater-than-human mythological force, that is, a god.