Why? Its true, I am not saying it try to be one of those "dur humans suck lol" types, its just that like it or not we are a very violent species, whether or not this is a characteristic of sentient life is yet to be determined.Hectix777 said:
Poll: What is human society to the galaxy? Warriors? Scientist? Etc?
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Depends on who you are comparing us to. We have many features but in comparisons to other species certain ones might stand out more then others.
Well, not warriors. Humans are less into fighting than into bickering, stroking our egos, and trying to die with the most toys. So I'm going to go with a mixture of politicians and economists.
Selfish egalitarians that neglect the poorer 80% of the world.
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Could be any, depends on the views of the species who are viewing us. For example, if their last war ended several centuries ago then they would view us as a warrior race, on the other hand if their culture still includes much violence then we could actually be more peaceful than them so we would be viewed as relatively non-violent.
Our entire society is based on war. Everything else is just a means to wage war or for a reason to wage war. So, yeah, we'll be the complete dicks that want to kill everyone else.
I'd hope they'll see us as fantastic entertainers and story tellers.
Who have no place in the merciless Zabbraxxiannn Mines or on dinner plates.
This would allow us to spread our culture and ideas to them. Which as a method of increasing our influence would be pretty sweet. Providing our ideas translate of course.
Naturally though there's always the risk we'll just be seen as greedy, pushy, intriguers. That seems pretty likely.
Who have no place in the merciless Zabbraxxiannn Mines or on dinner plates.
This would allow us to spread our culture and ideas to them. Which as a method of increasing our influence would be pretty sweet. Providing our ideas translate of course.
Naturally though there's always the risk we'll just be seen as greedy, pushy, intriguers. That seems pretty likely.
None of the above, we're whores.
Of all the species on the Earth, we are unique in that we will do anything that we can possibly do. From walking on the moon to fucking dead cattle. From creating great works of art to devoting our lives to ancient books of preachy fairytales (btw, fairytale is a word but fairytales isn't, spellchecker failure.) We're very lucky that we didn't destroy the entire planet over the all-important question of "who should own the factories." We were damn close for about 50 years. I think that there's a pretty good chance that most aliens will have some taboos that are literally unbreakable, other terrestrial species seem to have things that they will never ever do (although that may be due to the limiting nature of their relative stupidity.)
In conclusion, we're whores because we will do anything.
Of all the species on the Earth, we are unique in that we will do anything that we can possibly do. From walking on the moon to fucking dead cattle. From creating great works of art to devoting our lives to ancient books of preachy fairytales (btw, fairytale is a word but fairytales isn't, spellchecker failure.) We're very lucky that we didn't destroy the entire planet over the all-important question of "who should own the factories." We were damn close for about 50 years. I think that there's a pretty good chance that most aliens will have some taboos that are literally unbreakable, other terrestrial species seem to have things that they will never ever do (although that may be due to the limiting nature of their relative stupidity.)
In conclusion, we're whores because we will do anything.
Many speculate that higher intelligence is most likely to develop in two cases:
1. The species have dexterous appendages. This leads to tool usage, which leads to intelligence (examples: primates, octopuses, elephants).
2. The species are pack hunters. Working as a team and devising an attack/ambush strategy requires far more intelligence than prey who just flee (examples: orcas, dolphins, canines).
Considering that we probably developed intelligence due to our hands, we might actually be one of the more peaceful species (I know humans engage in pack hunting behaviour, but I would argue that that began AFTER we developed intelligence). A species that grew clever from pack hunting might be fiercely territorial and aggressive towards anyone outside "the pack" (Granted, to be able to build technology they would need to be quite dexterous, but perhaps selective breeding could improve appendages already available?).
The "Predators" from the Alien universe might not be too far off. Unless they completely abandon their biological bodies and psyches in favour of technological constructs.
1. The species have dexterous appendages. This leads to tool usage, which leads to intelligence (examples: primates, octopuses, elephants).
2. The species are pack hunters. Working as a team and devising an attack/ambush strategy requires far more intelligence than prey who just flee (examples: orcas, dolphins, canines).
Considering that we probably developed intelligence due to our hands, we might actually be one of the more peaceful species (I know humans engage in pack hunting behaviour, but I would argue that that began AFTER we developed intelligence). A species that grew clever from pack hunting might be fiercely territorial and aggressive towards anyone outside "the pack" (Granted, to be able to build technology they would need to be quite dexterous, but perhaps selective breeding could improve appendages already available?).
The "Predators" from the Alien universe might not be too far off. Unless they completely abandon their biological bodies and psyches in favour of technological constructs.
That's not quite right. There are certain evolutionary behaviors to which the vast majority of any species necessarily ascribes to. While we're not a planet of hats, we are a planet of people who have sex. Of course there are the individuals who, for whatever reasons, are effectively or literally asexual. I believe that we are a unique species for the presence of those strange individuals who act against their own biology. Of course there are some mutants who simply have it in their biology to be asexual. What's really strange is those who are voluntarily celibate, or the staggering amount of individuals who act against their most intrinsic biological urge and willfully kill themselves. As I said above, I doubt we'll find other species that act against their own nature as we do.Robert632 said: