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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
I sort of agree with Hawkings on this one (usually a safe bet..lol)
But think about it, assuming there are other life forms flying around the galaxy and interacting, any life form that has been around long enough to build the technology to reach us is probably pretty bad ass considering that no other life forms have come along and destroyed them.
Let's use Earth as a mini version of the Galaxy. For the most part, any organism is better off have having no interactions with other life forms as opposed to having many interactions. For example, if I put you in the middle of the African jungle and said I would be back to pick you up in a few days, you would be pretty silly to go out seeking interactions with other creatures. Instead you would be smart to lay low. Yelling and screaming and seeking out interactions would probably lead to you being eaten.
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Think of it this way:
If they are smart enough to be able to come to this planet, they probably won't want to destroy, but would rather observe us learn about life on this planet. If they destroy us, there wouldn't be much to learn from.
More than likely, they are self sufficient enough to not need our natural resources, since the majority of which can be found on other 'baren' planets/moons/stars.
Once they study the life on Earth long enough to determine if we are even worthy to communicate with, they will probably have identified our social structure to be able to contact some one other than Billy Bob driving his truck home on a dark country road late at night. Not saying that Billy Bob didn't really get abducted and probed, just that he was a science experiment rather than an attempt at communication.