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Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. Joel Send a noteboard - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM
They certainly are possible, but why don't think think trade agreements, diplomacy, friendship, etc...etc... aren't possible? They may be hard and people may WANT something else, but that's everything in life.

Prime directives are all well and good, but tend to get run over by survival of the fittest. Any species advanced enough for interstellar travel will almost certainly be able to take anything they want from Earth, so the only reasons not to do so would be that either we have nothing they want or they have some ethical reservations about seizing it rather than making a fair trade. If they are sufficiently advanced they might not even consider humans truly intelligent life, but just another animal that freakishly developed the use of tools because it happened to evolve an opposable thumb. In that event we would no longer be hoping advanced ETs do not treat Earthlings like the Conquistadors treated the Indians, but hoping they do not treat us like Europeans treated the Dodo.
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An interesting thought I had that may be worth discussion. Macharius - 29/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 992 Views
Well, Fermi Paradox discussions usually end with ???? Isaac - 29/09/2011 07:51:59 PM 662 Views
you do have to hope there's intelligent life somewhere out there Yunalesca - 29/09/2011 07:56:48 PM 711 Views
I definitely agree with the first part. Vivien - 29/09/2011 08:32:33 PM 801 Views
why do you think only those options would be available? LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 08:35:53 PM 647 Views
Well just look at the history of Earth. And the cultural/advancement disparity would be FAR greater. *NM* Aeryn - 29/09/2011 08:58:52 PM 249 Views
Could be cultural domination. Vivien - 29/09/2011 09:32:18 PM 663 Views
*shrug* Humans aren't that bad LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 09:51:32 PM 606 Views
Oh yes we are. Vivien - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM 681 Views
In one particular space opera, it's a mix and probably the best situation possible for humans. Vivien - 29/09/2011 10:21:42 PM 820 Views
Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. Joel - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM 722 Views
hmmm Yunalesca - 30/09/2011 02:34:47 PM 651 Views
"And hey. I'll eat most anything once." Joel - 30/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 627 Views
I think I've met a few aliens... everynametaken - 30/09/2011 01:31:55 AM 659 Views
Those know it all holier than thou all powerful vegan aliens are SO annoying. Vivien - 30/09/2011 06:40:30 AM 666 Views
Why do fossil fuels have to be involved? LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 08:33:26 PM 636 Views
Going into the fossil fuel vs wood thing Isaac - 29/09/2011 08:51:07 PM 721 Views
The big issue is energy density, IMHO. Joel - 30/09/2011 02:53:39 AM 777 Views
That's so perfect. Vivien - 30/09/2011 06:43:31 AM 675 Views
I still agree with the view they are unlikley to intentionally punish us. Joel - 30/09/2011 09:35:13 AM 681 Views
We really have no idea how rare advance technologies societies are random thoughts - 30/09/2011 02:00:56 PM 790 Views
That's a really good point. Vivien - 30/09/2011 04:34:28 PM 691 Views
The doomsdays options don't really hold up well though Isaac - 30/09/2011 05:22:57 PM 695 Views
I think we have different interpretations of "silence" Vivien - 30/09/2011 07:47:32 PM 854 Views
It kind of comes down to whether FTL is possible Isaac - 30/09/2011 09:12:32 PM 795 Views
hmmm random thoughts - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM 553 Views
Yeah but that's just a variant of "Highly advanced aliens who for some reason are totally stupid" Isaac - 30/09/2011 10:21:34 PM 794 Views
I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us random thoughts - 01/10/2011 01:07:02 AM 738 Views
Re: I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us Isaac - 01/10/2011 02:50:42 AM 793 Views
thanks for the detailed answer random thoughts - 01/10/2011 03:08:48 PM 728 Views
No prob, hopefully it's not all inaccurate nonsense Isaac - 01/10/2011 03:18:05 PM 763 Views
not to mention that the universe is HUGE Yunalesca - 30/09/2011 07:53:33 PM 610 Views
True Isaac - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM 613 Views
of course I can't say, that was my point random thoughts - 30/09/2011 07:42:55 PM 672 Views
I was totally agreeing with you until I wasn't. Vivien - 30/09/2011 08:09:08 PM 779 Views
That's pessimistic, though. The "blaze of glory" is ongoing. Ghavrel - 01/10/2011 04:25:28 AM 645 Views
Re: If life formed, why might there not be fossil fuels equivalent to, or greater than, our own? *NM* Gaps - 01/10/2011 03:16:23 AM 330 Views
another thing for consideration Yunalesca - 01/10/2011 11:55:12 AM 633 Views
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