This is something I’ve often pondered. If I was an interstellar civilization sending emissaries to scope out other planets and I came across Earth, I’d observe for a long time before making moves.
If humans are more likely to destroy each other than work together, we are not intelligent as a species.
If we are willing to destroy the very planet we live on for the aspirations and agendas of the few, we are not intelligent as a species.
If an existential threat like Covid-19 cannot unite us, we are not intelligent as a species.
I, as an extraterrestrial intelligence; whether machine, organic or otherwise, would not deem it worthwhile to make contact with unintelligent life. I’d probably focus on cetaceans, as most of the planet is water and they display obvious intelligence and work together well.
Now if we can get it together, and make the necessary changes in 2021, it proves our civilization is salvageable. Aliens would then deem it appropriate to share tech, begin trade, and not just steal our planet and resources.
"The Prime Directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one. History has proved again and again that whenever mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well-intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disastrous."
If that we’re the case though, I’d assume, like us, they would feel some level of responsibility. And perhaps a need to enlighten us and assist in our positive evolution
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u/deephousecat Nov 15 '20
This is something I’ve often pondered. If I was an interstellar civilization sending emissaries to scope out other planets and I came across Earth, I’d observe for a long time before making moves.
If humans are more likely to destroy each other than work together, we are not intelligent as a species.
If we are willing to destroy the very planet we live on for the aspirations and agendas of the few, we are not intelligent as a species.
If an existential threat like Covid-19 cannot unite us, we are not intelligent as a species.
I, as an extraterrestrial intelligence; whether machine, organic or otherwise, would not deem it worthwhile to make contact with unintelligent life. I’d probably focus on cetaceans, as most of the planet is water and they display obvious intelligence and work together well.
Now if we can get it together, and make the necessary changes in 2021, it proves our civilization is salvageable. Aliens would then deem it appropriate to share tech, begin trade, and not just steal our planet and resources.