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[–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If an alien civilization was developed by the same survival mechanism as on earth, they'd value survival and expansion over things like discovery. So if an alien civilization had gotten to earth, it'd be advanced enough to have strip minded or taraformed the whole planet by now. And why wouldn't they, since we'd be the intelligence of ants comparatively

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why would they strip mine earth when there are so many other planets around? There's no point

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Lots of water, useful for fuel. We also don't see evidence of resource collection elsewhere

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well I'm a Star Trek fan, and I'm optimistic that maybe the community between the stars is less narrow minded than the people on Earth today

    Maybe climate change is the reason why. It's a great filter that requires long term thinking and global cooperation to overcome. Maybe all the species similar to modern humanity end up polluting themselves back to the stone age and have to try again.

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