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You don't have to be nice to others to survive as a species, you just have to avoid genociding your own. Humans have managed not to nuke each other yet but we a
by jamii 17y ago
You don't have to be nice to others to survive as a species, you just have to avoid genociding your own. Humans have managed not to nuke each other yet but we are mostly a predatory species and, with a few exceptions, have very little respect for non-human life. This theoretical advanced civilization might just see us as pests and accord us the same level of justice that we do to cockroaches.
- borism 17y agorespect for intelligent life actually might be beneficial (just a side note: my belief is that not only humans are cognitive beings, so my respect applies to all life, but that's a bit offtopic, altough might be present in aliens as well)
- stcredzero 17y agoWho is to say we don't fall below the alien's lower threshold of respect-worthy intelligence?