Poll: Should we fear aliens?
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There will always be racists and bigots, but I don't think that on matters of extraterrestrial contact anyone in particular save a few cult nut jobs will care to bother against such.mad825 said:
Think of it, the aliens will likely have a currency system of some sort our capitalist markets will love to dive into. Trade and commerce always win over religion and war.
Even when the Christian Byzantine Empire was clashing with Islamic Kingdoms to the south the ports of both nations still bustled with trade from both sides. So it doesnt matter if the pope says it's bad, as long as we can buy those new alien shoes our wives are bitching about we will pay whatever.
Unless they desperatly need land that doesn't need to be terraformed, I don't think they would have a significant reason to kill us. Any resources that they need could be gained from other sources, and, if they found us first, it's not like we'd be a threat.
That doesn't mean that we shouldn't fear them. Any new species should be greeted with a degree of caution. You never know how they do buisness or what their motives are.
That doesn't mean that we shouldn't fear them. Any new species should be greeted with a degree of caution. You never know how they do buisness or what their motives are.
It's also possible that aliens wouldn't be violent at all. They aren't humans, their minds would work completely differently from ours. Is it really that far fetched that humanity could be even bigger bastards than life from other planets?
Of course, then we'd probably declare war on them anyway.
Of course, then we'd probably declare war on them anyway.
Quite easily. It's rather fallacious to assume that humanity is anything special, and that our moral considerations will be able to have any bearing on a new, entirely unknown species.SamFisher202 said:
In my mind, humanity as it is will always have more to fear from alien contact than the aliens should. If they're able to traverse interstellar distances simply for the purpose of contacting us, in all likelihood they will be able to exterminate us very easily. If these aliens are anything like SamFisher202 above, they will most likely kill us. After all, we would be the most cruel, aggressive species in existence, and with that reality in place there's no other solution than extinction or some other form of neutralization.
We, on the other hand, will have virtually no real offensive capability against an alien species capable of (I am assuming relatively easy) interstellar travel for... quite some time, presumably. Which is why aliens have nothing to fear from us: unless there is a psychopath in command, we will be cognizant of the fact that offensive action on our part will never end well.
EDIT: Of course it doesn't mean contact would end poorly for us. Simply that serious caution would have to be taken, and I'm more or less certain that the alien species would be on the same page in that regard, unless of course they are so radically different.
A species that has the capacity of space flight would conceivably have a planet wracked with problems that dwarf our own. Its not too far of a stretch that they may want what we have: a viable planet that not entirely ruined by industry. It doesn't mean they WILL kill us all, but its not that much of a stretch to consider the option.Venatio said:
If this race is advanced enough to travel through space, then the measly amount of usable resources our little planet contains would be of no value to them when there are billions of other planets of more importance to them.
Our race would also likely be considered insignificant and worthless, the same way we view wild animals, so they would probably leave us alone unless we are actually getting in their way.
Our race would also likely be considered insignificant and worthless, the same way we view wild animals, so they would probably leave us alone unless we are actually getting in their way.
should we fear them? Definitely. Simple as that. As a species we suck, we've huge pockets of people that hate other people 'cause of where they're from / their colour/race. As usual, the minorities would ruin it for the majority, some twits would hate on our alien overlords, shoot first, and we all die later
It sounds plausible, but...
If aliens want Earth's resources, they'll come whether we're here or not. Sending signals won't make them want to come more. If anything, seeing a civilization on Earth would reveal that there may be resistance and make them want to come less. By that logic, we ought to figure out what kind of signals a powerful civilization that no one would mess with would give off and send them. Of course, if we do that, they may well see us as a threat and gang up. We don't know anything about the local interstellar political situation (if there is one) and hence anyone's guess on what to do is as good as anyone else's.
Really, if aliens wanted to wipe us out, they'd just dump a bunch of asteroids on the planet and we'd be done. They may consider peace or war with us as meaningless as us making peace or war on ants.
If aliens want Earth's resources, they'll come whether we're here or not. Sending signals won't make them want to come more. If anything, seeing a civilization on Earth would reveal that there may be resistance and make them want to come less. By that logic, we ought to figure out what kind of signals a powerful civilization that no one would mess with would give off and send them. Of course, if we do that, they may well see us as a threat and gang up. We don't know anything about the local interstellar political situation (if there is one) and hence anyone's guess on what to do is as good as anyone else's.
Really, if aliens wanted to wipe us out, they'd just dump a bunch of asteroids on the planet and we'd be done. They may consider peace or war with us as meaningless as us making peace or war on ants.
theres always a possibility they dont know of war... just throwing that out there they might be such a peaceful race there had never been any disagreements, every did as told, so therefore no war.
another thing is, who said they will have sentient thoughts? sure they may be smart, but what if they dont have their own minds? like a queen controls all of them, and without the queen theyre all a bunch of husks. thats a possibility.
and if were also to go to another planet before we find aliens, most likely the first species we find will be cattle (that's who they found first on earth.) and we would think the cattle are the sentient ones, while the things killing them are their predators, while in truth are the owners of the cattle.
another thing is, who said they will have sentient thoughts? sure they may be smart, but what if they dont have their own minds? like a queen controls all of them, and without the queen theyre all a bunch of husks. thats a possibility.
and if were also to go to another planet before we find aliens, most likely the first species we find will be cattle (that's who they found first on earth.) and we would think the cattle are the sentient ones, while the things killing them are their predators, while in truth are the owners of the cattle.
Yes, yes we should. In fact, the sexier they are, the more afraid we should be. Sexy aliens are always trouble :/
