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Originally Posted by dav3
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.
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I guess it comes down to whether or not you have a Star Trek view or a Star Wars view.
Personally, I suspect that super intelligent aliens won't treat us with any respect. Look at how we treat animals. We put them in boxes until it's time to grind them up into food. Same with smart humans over less intelligent humans, they get exploited.
There isn't much proof of intelligence being a virtue.