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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
That's a pretty pessimistic view there Debbie downs.
Humans also are capable of love, sharing, forgiveness / understanding, compassion (for other species in fact) and peace.
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How do we know that ET's would be capable of those things, they've evolved in a different way and had different experiences if they exist.
As it stands they might be so different that we could probably be staring at a huge spider on the wall and not realizing that its actually Emperor BLGITHKGS!!234 leader of Omicron Persius 6.
Or they could be a rock or crystal looking thing sitting in our backyard.
Maybe we're so different that its not possible to perceive each other as lifeforms so they don't think they're wiping out lives when they bulldoze our planet and put up a parking lot.
There's a theory that if/when extraterrestrial life comes here that it will be recognizable or we'll be able to appeal to their emotional layers, or they'll be some kind of common ground for discussion or negotiation.
damn hollywood.
We could appear to be terrifying monsters that fire off their survival instinct because we look so horrible or vice versa.
I personally think that we should shut down all of our radio and television communications, turn out all of our lights and huddle under our beds til they pass us by while making shhhhh noises and pray that they don't see us.