Yeah it could be a one and/or combination of things. We can’t really know. It’s hard to think of aliens that are so advanced that couldn’t conceptualise us, do

Yeah it could be a one and/or combination of things. We can’t really know. It’s hard to think of aliens that are so advanced that couldn’t conceptualise us, do they not have fiction? If a species were born post physical or with capabilities that seemed advanced though then I think the ants analogy does apply. Something like space whales in Star Trek to us it’s intergalactic travel to them it’s swimming.