We could also quote Blindsight by Peter Watts: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm Search for "Once there were

We could also quote Blindsight by Peter Watts: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm Search for "Once there were three tribes." and read 10 paragraphs :) The key quote is: > Equidistant to the other two tribes sat the Historians. They didn't have too many thoughts on the probable prevalence of intelligent, spacefaring extraterrestrials— but if there are any, they said, they're not just going to be smart. They're going to be mean.