2013-06-08, 09:17 PM
Flonne Wrote:That isn't even the biggest issue here; our entire system of measurement, physics, and laws of the universe, EVERYTHING we know, could be entirely incorrect and fundamentally flawed. If we layer flawed theory on flawed theory, eventually we will reach a point where nothing makes sense anymore and we need to either start from scratch, plateau intellectually, or get outside help. Based on our exponentially faster growth over the past few hundred years, I would guess that we are getting close to that point now. Here's the real question; do extraterrestrials even WANT us mingling with them? Our genetic data is so flawed, corruption so ingrained into our behavioral patterns, that they may just wipe us out as a threat to intergalactic peace rather than try to reach out to help. What of value can we possibly offer them?
That's an awful lot of "coulds" and "ifs". :f6: