Bruno 3's Comments
Tom "or be destroyed themselves by another more powerful race that follows the NAP (which retaliated upon its violation)."
... a good point. Humans don't follow the Non Agression principle. We might be regarded as a possible future competitor and be destroyed as a matter of course. Better to keep our heads down until we learn better manners.
... a good point. Humans don't follow the Non Agression principle. We might be regarded as a possible future competitor and be destroyed as a matter of course. Better to keep our heads down until we learn better manners.
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That's a fair point to make. It is extremely difficult to cross interstellar space. But not impossible. Generational starships could do it.
[dave] "If physical contact with extraterrestrial entities ever occurs, I would be more concerned that the alien life forms were able to survive on Earth."
No. If an alien species COULD cross interstellar space, they would be so advanced that any ill-intentions towards us would be species-ending. Nothing we could do about it. Even a hundred years of difference in military technology on Earth is monumental. Imagine a few thousand years of alien superiority.