Primatologist Jane Goodall Revealed Wish to Send Musk and Trump on One-Way Space Mission
After dedicating years studying chimpanzee actions, Jane Goodall became an expert on the combative nature of alpha males. In a freshly unveiled interview recorded shortly before her death, the famous primatologist revealed her unique solution for dealing with certain individuals she viewed as showing similar traits: sending them on a one-way journey into outer space.
Posthumous Film Unveils Frank Opinions
This extraordinary viewpoint into Goodall's thinking emerges from the Netflix film "Famous Last Words", which was filmed in March and maintained private until after her recently announced death at 91 years old.
"There are people I don't like, and I wish to place them on one of Musk's spaceships and launch them to the celestial body he's convinced he'll find," stated Goodall during her discussion with the interviewer.
Specific Individuals Mentioned
When inquired whether Elon Musk, famous for his questionable behavior and associations, would be included, Goodall replied with certainty.
"Oh, absolutely. He would be the host. Picture whom I would include on that spaceship. In addition to Musk would be Donald Trump and various Trump's loyal adherents," she announced.
"And then I would add the Russian president on board, and I would put China's leader. I would definitely include the Israeli leader in there and his political allies. Put them all on that spaceship and dispatch them."
Past Observations
This wasn't the earlier occasion that Goodall, a supporter of ecological preservation, had voiced concerns about Donald Trump especially.
In a 2022 interview, she had noted that he showed "similar type of conduct as an alpha chimp demonstrates when he's competing for leadership with a rival. They're upright, they swagger, they portray themselves as much larger and aggressive than they really are in order to daunt their opponents."
Dominance Patterns
During her posthumous documentary, Goodall further explained her analysis of leadership types.
"We get, interestingly, two kinds of dominant individual. The first achieves dominance through pure aggression, and due to their strength and they combat, they don't remain for extended periods. Others do it by employing intelligence, like a young male will just confront a more dominant one if his friend, often his brother, is alongside him. And you know, they last far more extended periods," she explained.
Collective Behavior
The renowned scientist also examined the "political aspect" of behavior, and what her comprehensive research had taught her about hostile actions displayed by people and apes when encountering something they considered threatening, despite the fact that no risk actually existed.
"Chimps see an unfamiliar individual from an adjacent group, and they grow all excited, and their fur bristles, and they stretch and contact each other, and they display expressions of anger and fear, and it spreads, and the others adopt that emotion that this one male has had, and everyone turns hostile," she described.
"It's contagious," she added. "Various exhibitions that turn aggressive, it spreads among them. Everyone desires to get involved and turn violent. They're defending their area or fighting for control."
Comparable Human Reactions
When inquired if she believed the same dynamics were present in people, Goodall responded: "Likely, sometimes yes. But I firmly think that the bulk of humanity are good."
"My biggest hope is nurturing this new generation of empathetic people, beginnings and development. But are we allowing enough time? It's unclear. These are difficult times."
Historical Context
Goodall, born in London five years before the start of the the global conflict, likened the struggle against the darkness of current political landscape to the UK resisting Nazi Germany, and the "spirit of obstinance" displayed by the prime minister.
"That doesn't mean you don't have moments of depression, but subsequently you recover and state, 'Well, I won't allow to permit their victory'," she stated.
"It's like the Prime Minister throughout the battle, his renowned address, we'll fight them at the coastlines, we will resist them through the avenues and metropolitan centers, subsequently he remarked to a friend and allegedly commented, 'and we'll fight them at the ends of damaged containers since that's everything we've bloody well got'."
Parting Words
In her last message, Goodall shared inspiring thoughts for those resisting authoritarian control and the ecological disaster.
"Even today, when the world is difficult, there still is hope. Preserve faith. When faith diminishes, you grow unresponsive and do nothing," she counseled.
"And if you want to preserve the existing splendor across the globe – should you desire to save the planet for subsequent eras, your grandchildren, their grandchildren – then consider the actions you implement every day. As, multiplied a million, a billion times, even small actions will create great change."