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Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by elliekelly on Sunday May 03, 2020 @08:32PM (#23063156)
I haven’t stopped thinking about this since the American missionary was killed by the uncontacted Sentinelese people. What if Earth is the uncontacted & protected community of the galaxy?
Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by rtsil on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:05PM (#23063419)
That supposes Earth is special and deserves a particular treatment.

It seems likelier that we are too far from interstellar civilisations to be visited by them, or that there's no interstellar civilisations because of a Great Filter, or even simply that earth is not interesting enough for them to visit. Or worse, they do visit, but the human race is not interesting enough for them to make their presence known to it.

Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by astrofinch on Sunday May 03, 2020 @11:59PM (#23064423)
Most planets don't have life.
Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by jadell on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:04AM (#23064739)
True. We haven't confirmed a single other one yet, which is why actually finding one will be probably the most significant discovery humans ever make.

But I would imagine that an interstellar civilization that has discovered thousands of life-bearing planets would start to develop some criteria about what type of life is interesting or not. It could just be that nothing on Earth meets the criteria to be interesting.

Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by AwaAwa on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:04PM (#23063410)
The short story "The road not taken" by Harry Turtledove springs to mind.
Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by mulberrybush on Sunday May 03, 2020 @11:53PM (#23064398)
Once Zefram Cochrane hits warp 1 the Vulcans will reveal themselves
Re:Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage by jotm on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:51AM (#23065247)
Ah fork, here comes WW3 and the Eugenic Wars...