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This isn't like trying to start a new workout routine where the worst case scenario is some mild discomfort. The downside of contact with aliens is the oblitera
by rurp 2y ago
This isn't like trying to start a new workout routine where the worst case scenario is some mild discomfort. The downside of contact with aliens is the obliteration of unique life forms and/or humanity.
- bhouston 2y agoIf there are very threatening aliens, I would prefer to expand into the universe and have multiple inhabited planets and meet them being redundant rather than they just happen upon us and destroy us in a single go. Exploring the universe is more interesting anyhow. In the history of human migration, there have always been some who have decided to stay behind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_human_migrations#/media/File:Early_migrations_mercator.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_human_migrations#/media/...