ooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkAliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why.mashable.comooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBlipblop: “Those creatures on that planet are perplexing. Constantly at war, decimating their natural resources, consuming everything in their paths. Like a cancer overtaking an organism. Should we contact them?” Morklorp: “Are you fucking crazy?”
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI like how you assume another civilization would be any more rational.
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoI sure did, which is a pretty typical assumption when people think about beings from a different planet.
Blipblop: “Those creatures on that planet are perplexing. Constantly at war, decimating their natural resources, consuming everything in their paths. Like a cancer overtaking an organism. Should we contact them?”
Morklorp: “Are you fucking crazy?”
I like how you assume another civilization would be any more rational.
I sure did, which is a pretty typical assumption when people think about beings from a different planet.
No, it really isn’t.