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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
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.
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I understand where you are coming from, and it's easy to think that ET's would be shitty beings like humans. However, when I go outside and see squirrels playing in the trees, I don't take aim with a BB gun and try to see how many headshots I can get. I'll watch them chase each other, running around enjoying life and whatnot. That's pretty much the same for anyone that isn't a budding serial killer.
Humans, for the most part, only kill animals out of necessity. But what if we didn't have to depend on killing animals for food? We would probably not be so aggressive towards the 'lower' life-forms here at that point.
So let's assume that ET's don't eat humans, and that they don't need to round us up and use our carcasses for anything. They will most likely be super-efficient in pretty much everything they do, meaning that they probably won't kill without reason. Although, if their TV's are powered by human blood, we are fucked!