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That's according to our knowledge and understanding. It may not be the same for a civilization that is advanced enough to send such a probe.
by MerelyMortal 5y ago
That's according to our knowledge and understanding. It may not be the same for a civilization that is advanced enough to send such a probe.
- ajuc 5y agoConservation of energy is pretty fundamental. If we can't rely on that, then there's no point assuming anything at all, certainly not alien intentions.
- chii 5y agoi would imagine intentions could be derived from resource scarcity or abundance. If aliens intend to invade over resources, the cost of such an invasion (from an energy consumption perspective) is so prohibitively high, that harvesting from a closer body seems way more feasible. If aliens intend to invade over not resources, but some other factor, then we cannot guess it. May be there's what amounts to religion and the invasion is a defacto purging or converting of alien species over to their "god". Or to exterminate any possible future competition (aka, darwinianism at the galactic scale).
- ajuc 5y agoHow can you assume resources scarcity if energy isn't conserved? At this point all bets are off. How do we know that traveling closer in the same time takes less energy than traveling further? We can't assume that anymore. And so on. This is my problem with most sci-fi. They take some crazy assumptions and ignore most of the consequences so the world is recognizable. This is like people in ancient Greece hearing that one city in 21st century has more population than the whole world in their time and wondering how we feed our horses :)
- benibela 5y agoOr they needed a lot of paperclips