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Re:Greetings, E.T. (Please Don’t Murder Us.) by intoverflow2 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @05:52AM (#14661964)
>a miniature rock that has nothing to offer to a space faring race?

I'd think a truly space faring race would probably have very different goals to us and the currency of culture would be much more valuable than natural resources which surely are abundant if space travel is trivial to you. Looking at it that way we'd have a hell of a lot to offer.

Re:Greetings, E.T. (Please Don’t Murder Us.) by andyjohnson0 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @06:42AM (#14662140)
I agree. If a culture makes the effort to become space faring then it seems likely that either they had a preexisting motivation/goal, or the experience would change them.