Renowned scientist Jane Goodall Expressed Wish to Launch Elon Musk and Donald Trump on Non-Return Trip to Space
After devoting her life researching chimpanzee behavior, Jane Goodall became an expert on the hostile behavior of alpha males. In a newly published interview recorded shortly before her demise, the celebrated primatologist disclosed her unusual solution for addressing specific people she viewed as showing similar traits: sending them on a one-way journey into the cosmos.
Legacy Interview Unveils Honest Views
This notable insight into Goodall's thinking emerges from the Netflix documentary "Final Words", which was filmed in March and kept confidential until after her recent demise at 91 years old.
"I've encountered people I dislike, and I want to put them on one of Musk's spaceships and dispatch them to the celestial body he's sure he'll find," remarked Goodall during her interview with the interviewer.
Named Figures Mentioned
When asked whether Elon Musk, known for his disputed actions and political alliances, would be part of this group, Goodall answered with certainty.
"Oh, absolutely. He could serve as the leader. You can imagine the people I would place on that vessel. Along with Musk would be Donald Trump and several of Trump's loyal adherents," she announced.
"And then I would put the Russian president among them, and I would put China's leader. I'd certainly put Israel's prime minister on that journey and his far-right government. Put them all on that spacecraft and dispatch them."
Previous Criticism
This wasn't the earlier occasion that Goodall, a champion of conservation efforts, had shared negative views about the former president specifically.
In a earlier conversation, she had remarked that he exhibited "similar type of actions as an alpha chimp demonstrates when vying for dominance with another. They posture, they swagger, they project themselves as significantly bigger and combative than they truly are in order to intimidate their rivals."
Alpha Behavior
During her last recorded conversation, Goodall elaborated on her analysis of leadership types.
"We observe, notably, two types of alpha. The first achieves dominance all by aggression, and since they're powerful and they fight, they don't remain very long. Others do it by using their brains, like an aspiring leader will just confront a superior one if his friend, frequently a sibling, is with him. And research shows, they last much, much longer," she detailed.
Group Dynamics
The renowned scientist also analyzed the "social dimension" of behavior, and what her detailed observations had shown her about aggressive behaviors exhibited by human communities and primates when confronted with something they perceived as hostile, although no threat actually existed.
"Chimps encounter an unfamiliar individual from a nearby tribe, and they grow all excited, and their hair erect, and they stretch and contact each other, and they show visages of anger and fear, and it catches, and the others absorb that sentiment that one member has had, and they all become combative," she detailed.
"It spreads rapidly," she noted. "Various exhibitions that grow violent, it sweeps through them. Each member wishes to become and join in and turn violent. They're guarding their area or battling for dominance."
Similar Human Behavior
When questioned if she believed similar behaviors occurred in people, Goodall answered: "Probably, sometimes yes. But I firmly think that the majority of individuals are decent."
"My biggest hope is nurturing this new generation of compassionate citizens, beginnings and development. But is there sufficient time? It's unclear. These are difficult times."
Historical Perspective
Goodall, originally from London prior to the beginning of the the global conflict, compared the battle with the difficulties of contemporary politics to Britain standing up the Third Reich, and the "unyielding attitude" displayed by the prime minister.
"However, this isn't to say you don't have moments of depression, but subsequently you recover and state, 'OK, I refuse to allow their success'," she commented.
"It's similar to the leader during the conflict, his renowned address, we'll fight them at the coastlines, we will resist them along the roads and the cities, then he turned aside to a companion and was heard to say, 'and we'll fight them at the ends of shattered glass as that's the only thing we've bloody well got'."
Closing Thoughts
In her last message, Goodall shared words of encouragement for those fighting against governmental suppression and the ecological disaster.
"At present, when the world is dark, there remains optimism. Preserve faith. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and take no action," she advised.
"And if you wish to save the existing splendor across the globe – should you desire to preserve Earth for subsequent eras, your grandchildren, their grandchildren – then think about the decisions you make daily. Since, expanded a million, multiple occasions, even small actions will generate substantial improvement."