Since universe threads are popular now i decided to make my own. Everyone likes to believe there is other life out there right? I mean has to be something just considering the sheer vastness of it all. . How do you think we would be treated by these new beings? The popular sentiment seems to be that if these beings have evolved to an intellectual point that they can reach us by space travel that they would be beyond war and aggression. Wishful thinking i say as our own evolution hasnt made us as a species any less violent or greedy. Everytime i hear someone speak of us encountering a higher life form we speak of them as if their entire planet is of one mind. Well what if their home planet is made up of many factions like ours? What if we had many different countries or political powers from this new planet trying to interact with us in extremely different ways? Heres the fun part, lets pretend they had some faction leaders similar to ours, What if they had a trump like faction leader? Would he be campaigning to deport us from the galaxy ? Or Bush Jr. Would he use accusations of us developing galactic weapons of mass destruction as a pretense to invade? Or maybe a leader like Obama, maybe theyd invite us all to come live there and sign up on their version of welfare But seriously if wed discovered and could reach an inferior race it would most likely cause war here on earth bc different countries would have different agendas, many countries would try to invade or control them and many would defend them. Im guessing almost all would try to extort them if this new planet was rich in resources. Basically i can't think of any scenario where it wouldnt end in war or us being subservient if a superior race found us. Thoughts ?
Wow ty for posting that. I googled it and found the above site, one of my new favorites. Fascinating theories My favorite is the anthill one, does an ant hill in the forrest have and idea a super free way is being built just 100 yards away. Can the ants limited minds even conceive the humans building it or whats happening? Kinda like us in the universe lol.. Hard to say whats happening near us that we are clueless to
Now contemplating if I should make a universe thread......na :lol: The human race is just an experiment for large ants who have grown to an astronomical size due to breathing in oxygen rich air.