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> I don't think ET will be vastly more intelligent than us I'm not so sure. In that scenario, there's something that we're communicating with, right? Given hum
by callahad 16y ago
> I don't think ET will be vastly more intelligent than us
I'm not so sure. In that scenario, there's something that we're communicating with, right? Given humanity's limited capacity in that regard, the mere fact that we've found something that can reciprocate would, to me, indicate that it's likely to be a little further along than we are.
It's really a matter of who goes to whom. If we meet aliens on our turf, well, they had to get here somehow. And since we can't really get there too easily, they must be a bit better off.
- BluePoints 16y agoExtremely valid point. Though isn't it possible they could have advanced in certain fields that we never or haven't advanced in and vice versa?
- noibl 16y agoDistance travelled can be a measure of many things (technology, wealth, ambition) but not intelligence. We can't say that X achievement in distance shows intelligence higher than ours just because we haven't matched it yet.