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Originally Posted by keg in kc
There's a school of thought that discovery of an outside civilization might be the thing that finally motivates us all to get along with each other.
Personally I doubt that. I think the thing that really divides us is wealth - race, religion and the rest are just bread and circuses; carefully engineered and managed artificial social structures - and outside intelligence would just be another avenue to exploit for profit.
But it might also help us all see each other as humans. Although that's a bit too wide-eyed optimist for me.
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That might be true....only in the sense that your BBQ and beans get along on your plate.
Serious while I used to think SETI was cool, it has to be one of the dumbest ideas in the world.
Any 'good' superior aliens won't even be found by us because they wouldn't be so selfish(or frankly arrogant) as to interfere with our natural development.
Any technically superior species that's not good....will end up sucking the marrow out of our bones.
Think about it....what would have happened if some 'benevolent' species came and saved the dinosaurs from extinction(excluding time lords of course). Would we even be hear today? Likely not....our ancestors would have been toothpicks for T-Rexes.