>> There's absolutely no good reason to default to believing aliens are likely to be far more enlightened than we are. There's no good reason to imagine some c

>> There's absolutely no good reason to default to believing aliens are likely to be far more enlightened than we are. There's no good reason to imagine some civilisation has figured out how to cross the vast interstellar distances and then pop in to see us during their lifetime. Since we are already in the realm of pure fantasy, it doesn't alter the argument's validity to also assume these magical creatures are enlightened.