Why on't people listen to this guy? Someone show me a species that has put men on the Moon. Only humanity? There.orangeban said:Okay, firstly unless this alien is some kind of hive-mind where everyone agrees with everyone and there is no division and they love the planet and live in mud huts that decompose into unicorns and rainbows, then I bet they are just as bad as us.
Which is to say, not that friggin' bad. Seriously, humanity gets a bad rap I think, sure we've fucked up, we've fucked up loads, but consider out achievements. We activelly spend time, money, resources and our own lives to help others, whether it be with charity, protests or even something as simple as voting for what we believe. We are curious little buggers as well, not content to dwell in ignorance, but instead finding out how things work, and then using these things to improve the lives of others.
Face it, humans aren't assholes. The reason humans have had such a bad effect on the planets health, have had world wars and eat up resources where as animals don't, isn't because the animals are so much better than us, they just can't do those things.
Geez guys, have a little pride in your species, we aren't so bad.
While I admire your "holier than thou" bleeding heart, I disagree. While some of these things may be true, the way you're speaking, it's as if all other intelligent races are better than us; that they don't pollute and cause violence and use advanced technology for entertainment. Did you not once consider that we may be on of the few species in the universe that divulge in art, music, philosophy and charity? We are just as likely to be the best of all possible creatures than we are the worst. Though "Toddlers and Tiaras" and "Jersey Shore" are good arguments against my beliefs.harmonic said:I would be appalled.
-They waste natural resources and multiply their population as if they've got 10 more Earths waiting for them.
-They fight wars and blow each other up because they don't agree on the same imaginary supreme being of the universe.
-The greatest of them invent wonderous things... the Internet, fiber optics, etc, but the vast majority of the population use the Internet to post self-indulgent musings on this "facebook," or use its anonymity to annoy each other, or what they call "trolling."
That would only help if I assumed these aliens had similar values to our own.xXAsherahXx said:Reverse the roles then if that helps. Perhaps you are the human discovering an extinct alien civilization. I'm going for the "outsider looking in" approach in this thread.sumanoskae said:Can't really answer as I am human and have a human perspective. I have no concept of what humanity would seem like from an outside perspective, especially if I don' know what that perspective is.
What kind of alien are we talking?, what differs them from us?, what set of values do they have if any?, do they even perceive reality in the same way?.