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This may sound weird but I really don't understand the desire to seek and make contact with alien species. Humanity is the alpha species on Earth and we slaugh
by paulette449 3y ago
This may sound weird but I really don't understand the desire to seek and make contact with alien species.
Humanity is the alpha species on Earth and we slaughter billions of animals a year to feed our appetites, regardless of the animal's relative intelligence or ability to provide companionship to us.
Why do we expect a more intelligent alien species to look upon us any differently to how we look upon a cow/sheep/horse/dog/lobster/octopus and every other species eaten by humanity.
- ryandvm 3y agoThe likelihood that life on Earth will be compatible with the digestive processes of an independently evolved life form are exceedingly small. They probably wouldn't look at us like potential food in the same way that we try to eat just about everything, so I don't think we have to worry about becoming livestock. And if they're capable of interstellar transport, they will have absolutely no need for our resources as they'll already have full mastery of energy/matter at their disposal. No, if alien life finds us, they're primarily going to evaluate us as potential threats. Quite like how we treat common pests. Do we have the potential to threaten their convenience? If so, they may eliminate us. If not, the worst we have to fear is probably getting wrapped up in some interstellar pet market...
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoThere is no need to assume they are more intelligent. They would probably be differently intelligent. You are right that a more advanced species (although not necessarily more intelligent) could be an existential threat.