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In reply to the discussion: About the aliens visiting the earth....Yes, they have been here, but.......... [View all]genxlib
(5,524 posts)16. I hate to be the cynic
But I don't see what you see.
Your thoughts on the prime directive are accurate regarding the effect an advanced culture has on a primitive one.
I just don't see any evidence that such a concern would drive a society. Every lesson in our own human history boils down to either exploiting or supplanting cultures when they are found.
I don't see any reason to believe that an intelligence greater than our own would be so magnanimous. I think it is more likely that they have not found us or simply don't care enough about us to want what we have.
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About the aliens visiting the earth....Yes, they have been here, but.......... [View all]
Stuart G
Jan 2020
OP
Yes, I agree with you completely...And I have heard that often about space exploring people.
Stuart G
Jan 2020
#4
I like the South Park premise that they see us as an entertaining reality TV show.
Midnight Writer
Jan 2020
#9
I became interested in the subject after reading Interrupted Journey in the mid sixties.
Floyd R. Turbo
Jan 2020
#10
For years I had night terrors during which I sensed the presence of other beings in my room. They
Floyd R. Turbo
Jan 2020
#14
I don't know about the rest of the globe, but the reason they have no interest in
Atticus
Jan 2020
#13
Such advanced beings would be so amazed by Earth's amazing biodiversity that they'd
eclecticdyslexic
Jan 2020
#30
This planet's ecology is sick, but like the Earth after the end of the Permian Period
Vogon_Glory
Jan 2020
#35