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Why is there an overwhelming assumption that alien life is going to be in any way more remotely intelligent than say, the average earth cockroach? I've always
by laichzeit0 15y ago
Why is there an overwhelming assumption that alien life is going to be in any way more remotely intelligent than say, the average earth cockroach? I've always assumed that if we meet alien life, it's going to be smaller and dumber than humans. Perhaps I'm just pessimistic, but this seems a legitimate assumption.
- rsanchez1 15y agoJudging strictly from observations, that's the most likely scenario, but it never hurts to have a plan B.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoThe pessimistic assumption would be that they are smarter, because if they are they can beat us in war... which is what happens when two different species collide (heck, it even happens for differences in the colour of the skin... i cannot imagine what would happen if is the full shape)
- eichin 15y agoBecause if we meet them, it's because they got here thus they're a lot more technologically advanced than we are? (Though there's a fun short story from way back that ends with aliens who have FTL travel wanting to buy our high-reliability computing/robotics tech, because they've never developed any for themselves :-)