Re:Study: If aliens exist, they probably want to destroy us
by yesimahuman on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @11:51AM
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Isn't there another possibility that is inline with #1, that Aliens could exist but that the path from them to us can not be traveled by them due to distance and life support constraints, and not knowing where we are located.
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Re:Study: If aliens exist, they probably want to destroy us
by ryandvm on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @11:53AM
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That's the boring (and most likely) possibility.
Re:Study: If aliens exist, they probably want to destroy us
by tejaswiy on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @12:33PM
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Agree, there are also an incredibly huge number of bodies out there to colonize for resources, and the possibility of Aliens coming over to colonize us while we're still stuck on this planet are incredibly remote. Honestly, I think if you do have the tech to get to earth, it's vastly easier to extract your <insert energy source> from the N number of planets out there.
If he's talking about space opera however, that _might_ be possible, but honestly I'm not even sure if we can get off the rock before we destroy ourselves, but yes, that is a possibility.