Should Humanity Try to Contact Intelligent Aliens?

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They're just so advanced that there's no reason for them to come here for us.

Do you seek out ant hills just to destroy them?

Then again.... What if we advance enough to become the "fire ants" of the universe. Maybe they'll just wipe us out lol

True.

There is also another line of reasoning that goes something like this....

If all the aliens want are resources, then why would they not exploit their own solar system first, and then that of the next star over? Assuming Einstein is right and nothing can exceed the speed of light, then why would an alien race travel however many light years (assume equivalent to light speed, then if 1,000 light years away, then the fastest they can get here is 1,000 years) just to exploit our resources?

This all assumes home planet = current location. Given a specie that is nomadic in nature and travels from one system to another, then they could be close by, and that would be a game changer to the above scenario.

[Lee_1978]

True.

There is also another line of reasoning that goes something like this....

If all the aliens want are resources, then why would they not exploit their own solar system first, and then that of the next star over? Assuming Einstein is right and nothing can exceed the speed of light, then why would an alien race travel however many light years (assume equivalent to light speed, then if 1,000 light years away, then the fastest they can get here is 1,000 years) just to exploit our resources?

This all assumes home planet = current location. Given a specie that is nomadic in nature and travels from one system to another, then they could be close by, and that would be a game changer to the above scenario.

There's a theory that the aliens who have visited Earth use an advanced propulsion system that manipulates distances by 'folding' space in half, thus greatly reducing the distance from A to B. Bob Lazar (although discredited) had a similar 'experience'. He claimed that aliens use a type of fuel in their spacecraft's called Element 115 and at the time - in 1989 - he was laughed at. It was only recently (2006 or so) that scientists managed to create this matter, although in small quantities. Interesting ideas.

[Times Roman]

There's a theory that the aliens who have visited Earth use an advanced propulsion system that manipulates distances by 'folding' space in half, thus greatly reducing the distance from A to B. Bob Lazar (although discredited) had a similar 'experience'. He claimed that aliens use a type of fuel in their spacecraft's called Element 115 and at the time - in 1989 - he was laughed at. It was only recently (2006 or so) that scientists managed to create this matter, although in small quantities. Interesting ideas.

if an alien specie so advanced they could use gravitational fields to not only curve space, but fold it as you describe, if they wanted the Earth, there would be little we could do to stop them. But I doubt there would be any reason to fear such individuals. We would probably possess nothing of any value to them. They should/would be able to survive on any planet. To continue, they may only be partially biological, or none at all. And if they were sufficiently evolved/advanced, they may not have bodies as we know them at all. Comprised of light energy. And then, for all practical matters, they would truly ignore us. In theory, they could be all around us and we wouldn't even know it.

[Lee_1978]

if an alien specie so advanced they could use gravitational fields to not only curve space, but fold it as you describe, if they wanted the Earth, there would be little we could do to stop them. But I doubt there would be any reason to fear such individuals. We would probably possess nothing of any value to them. They should/would be able to survive on any planet. To continue, they may only be partially biological, or none at all. And if they were sufficiently evolved/advanced, they may not have bodies as we know them at all. Comprised of light energy. And then, for all practical matters, they would truly ignore us. In theory, they could be all around us and we wouldn't even know it.

Maybe we have nothing of significant value to them but then again, as it has been shown in films, it could be a scenario where they need something as simple as water or food. I'm more inclined to think they've already visited for reconnaissance purposes and our planet is simply unsuitable to sustain life for them.