Re: First Contact
Very influenced by AC Clarke / Star Trek, but it is an reasonable explanation, consistent the facts and reasonable conjecture:
1) There is intelligent life in the Universe. Chances are there has to be.
2) They are far more advanced than we are. Chances are it developed before us, and given our rapid growth, it will be far more advanced simply because it had a head start.
3) They are aware of us, because detection issues probably aren't that difficult for something waaay advanced from us (e.g. think about a million more years of post-industrial technology, not evolution)
4) They are advanced & intelligent enough to realise that contacting us would be incredibly stupid & disastrous thing to do at this stage in our evolution.
They're waiting..... Waiting for us to either "grow up or blow up."
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