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Oh yes we are. Vivien Send a noteboard - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM
not on the whole. It's just that the bad humans tend to fuck shit up so memorably. A lot of good is done every day by people...but it's hardly even noticed, much less commented upon.

And of course there would be technological and cultural differences. That's not a bad thing. We could learn from each other. I suppose each group changing due to the knowledge gained from the other could be considered a form of annihilation...it depends on if you're the sort of person who sees change as a good thing or not.


Can you name an example of when 2 groups of people with significant disparity in technology encountered each other for the first time, and it turned out well?
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An interesting thought I had that may be worth discussion. - 29/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 746 Views
Well, Fermi Paradox discussions usually end with ???? - 29/09/2011 07:51:59 PM 425 Views
you do have to hope there's intelligent life somewhere out there - 29/09/2011 07:56:48 PM 481 Views
I definitely agree with the first part. - 29/09/2011 08:32:33 PM 576 Views
why do you think only those options would be available? - 29/09/2011 08:35:53 PM 428 Views
Could be cultural domination. - 29/09/2011 09:32:18 PM 444 Views
*shrug* Humans aren't that bad - 29/09/2011 09:51:32 PM 413 Views
Oh yes we are. - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM 436 Views
Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM 491 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 02:34:47 PM 424 Views
"And hey. I'll eat most anything once." - 30/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 403 Views
I think I've met a few aliens... - 30/09/2011 01:31:55 AM 434 Views
Why do fossil fuels have to be involved? - 29/09/2011 08:33:26 PM 407 Views
Going into the fossil fuel vs wood thing - 29/09/2011 08:51:07 PM 503 Views
The big issue is energy density, IMHO. - 30/09/2011 02:53:39 AM 513 Views
That's so perfect. - 30/09/2011 06:43:31 AM 454 Views
We really have no idea how rare advance technologies societies are - 30/09/2011 02:00:56 PM 554 Views
That's a really good point. - 30/09/2011 04:34:28 PM 467 Views
The doomsdays options don't really hold up well though - 30/09/2011 05:22:57 PM 480 Views
I think we have different interpretations of "silence" - 30/09/2011 07:47:32 PM 580 Views
It kind of comes down to whether FTL is possible - 30/09/2011 09:12:32 PM 546 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM 338 Views
Yeah but that's just a variant of "Highly advanced aliens who for some reason are totally stupid" - 30/09/2011 10:21:34 PM 560 Views
I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us - 01/10/2011 01:07:02 AM 505 Views
Re: I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us - 01/10/2011 02:50:42 AM 502 Views
thanks for the detailed answer - 01/10/2011 03:08:48 PM 491 Views
No prob, hopefully it's not all inaccurate nonsense - 01/10/2011 03:18:05 PM 528 Views
not to mention that the universe is HUGE - 30/09/2011 07:53:33 PM 416 Views
True - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM 380 Views
of course I can't say, that was my point - 30/09/2011 07:42:55 PM 430 Views
I was totally agreeing with you until I wasn't. - 30/09/2011 08:09:08 PM 563 Views
That's pessimistic, though. The "blaze of glory" is ongoing. - 01/10/2011 04:25:28 AM 408 Views
another thing for consideration - 01/10/2011 11:55:12 AM 414 Views

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