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I couldn't imagine worshipping aliens even if they were powerful enough to be indistinguishable from gods. I also think that if such powerful aliens (or actual

I couldn't imagine worshipping aliens even if they were powerful enough to be indistinguishable from gods. I also think that if such powerful aliens (or actual gods for that matter) were to exist, they wouldn't give a rat's ass about whether we worship them. Because we'd have nothing to offer them. It's like us stepping on ants without thinking about it. Their world is so limited it's meaningless to us. If any gods existed we'd be the same to them. In any case my intuition will always be to fight hostile authorities, even if its futile. I would never be able to be in the military for example.

vee-kay 1y ago
The aliens, if they exist, will certainly powerful enough to destroy humanity's paltry defenses (and our satellites will be first to fall during an alien invasion), but you are right, they won't bother negotiating or defeating us, they will simply annihilate humanity (via biological weaponry, perhaps), terraform this beautiful bountiful Earth to suit their needs, and use it as they deem fit. For all of humanity's much vaunted intelligence, we really haven't bothered to unitedly plan for any threats from space, natural or otherwise. If advanced alien beings did visit Earth in the past, they could be easily have become worshipped as Gods by the humans of that time. Earth is such a tiny speck in the vast emptiness of space, that unless galaxy colonising aliens are capable of traveling in spaceships at FTL (faster than light) speeds, it may indeed take them hundreds or thousands or millions of years to pass by Earth again on their next sweep through the Goldilocks planets in their terraforming list in this corner of the Universe.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  > Earth is such a tiny speck in the vast emptiness of space, that unless galaxy colonising aliens are capable of traveling in spaceships at FTL (faster than light) speeds, it may indeed take them hundreds or thousands or millions of years to pass by Earth again on their next sweep through the Goldilocks planets in their terraforming list in this corner of the Universe. This is why it makes sense that we haven't planned for that too occur. And really, if they do have FTL capability it's very unlikely we would have any tech that would be of any danger to them anyway. It makes for nice SciFi B-movies but I don't think it's a realistic scenario.
hermitcrab 1y ago
>I couldn't imagine worshipping aliens even if they were powerful enough to be indistinguishable from gods. A lot of other people seem to be happy worshipping humans of rather limited intelligence right now.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  I know. I need more hands than I have for a facepalm that's big enough.
BrandoElFollito 1y ago
Are you religious? If yes you are already worshipping and imaginary concept. At least with aliens you would have some kind of connection with reality. If not the word god is not really a part of the vocabulary.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  No I'm not religious at all. I do think it's likely there are powers far greater than us, it's statistically likely. If we're the top that life has to offer it's a pretty sad affair. But I think it's extremely unlikely they would give a rat's ass about what we do or believe.
  - BrandoElFollito 1y ago
    If by "powers" you mean "civilizations" then yes, it is likely that there are many. Whether they share anything with us (not only technology) is a matter for debate. If you mean "we are in a simulation" then maybe :) I like to think we are the end-of-semester program in a high school. And for the last one I do not know, I would prefer everyone to leave us alone.

vee-kay 1y ago

The aliens, if they exist, will certainly powerful enough to destroy humanity's paltry defenses (and our satellites will be first to fall during an alien invasion), but you are right, they won't bother negotiating or defeating us, they will simply annihilate humanity (via biological weaponry, perhaps), terraform this beautiful bountiful Earth to suit their needs, and use it as they deem fit. For all of humanity's much vaunted intelligence, we really haven't bothered to unitedly plan for any threats from space, natural or otherwise. If advanced alien beings did visit Earth in the past, they could be easily have become worshipped as Gods by the humans of that time. Earth is such a tiny speck in the vast emptiness of space, that unless galaxy colonising aliens are capable of traveling in spaceships at FTL (faster than light) speeds, it may indeed take them hundreds or thousands or millions of years to pass by Earth again on their next sweep through the Goldilocks planets in their terraforming list in this corner of the Universe.

wkat4242 1y ago
> Earth is such a tiny speck in the vast emptiness of space, that unless galaxy colonising aliens are capable of traveling in spaceships at FTL (faster than light) speeds, it may indeed take them hundreds or thousands or millions of years to pass by Earth again on their next sweep through the Goldilocks planets in their terraforming list in this corner of the Universe. This is why it makes sense that we haven't planned for that too occur. And really, if they do have FTL capability it's very unlikely we would have any tech that would be of any danger to them anyway. It makes for nice SciFi B-movies but I don't think it's a realistic scenario.

hermitcrab 1y ago

>I couldn't imagine worshipping aliens even if they were powerful enough to be indistinguishable from gods. A lot of other people seem to be happy worshipping humans of rather limited intelligence right now.

wkat4242 1y ago
I know. I need more hands than I have for a facepalm that's big enough.

BrandoElFollito 1y ago

Are you religious? If yes you are already worshipping and imaginary concept. At least with aliens you would have some kind of connection with reality. If not the word god is not really a part of the vocabulary.

wkat4242 1y ago
No I'm not religious at all. I do think it's likely there are powers far greater than us, it's statistically likely. If we're the top that life has to offer it's a pretty sad affair. But I think it's extremely unlikely they would give a rat's ass about what we do or believe.
- BrandoElFollito 1y ago
  If by "powers" you mean "civilizations" then yes, it is likely that there are many. Whether they share anything with us (not only technology) is a matter for debate. If you mean "we are in a simulation" then maybe :) I like to think we are the end-of-semester program in a high school. And for the last one I do not know, I would prefer everyone to leave us alone.