25.07.2012, 12:06
This is getting really high... :wink:
I think I more or less agree with Caldrail about its "evolutionary" explanation... although it leads to quite dark scenarios.
As for the "external help" Fireskull talks about, it is theorically possible... BUT let me report here what a certain guy named STEPHEN HAWKING said during a world scientific conference not long ago: mankind shouldn't be eager to welcome extraterrestrial "visitors", because they would more likely be searching for resources, rather than for friends.
"Earthern" history can provide enough examples of what happens when a population is "visited" by another one with a vastly superior technology.
As long as mankind is "caught" while still confined on Earth, the odds are against us. Consider two hypothesis:
1) Aliens are a "beastly" civilization that only cares about own survival: Earth = prey
2) Aliens are "benevolent": even if they want to be our "mentors", competition will still exist. Do you think they would let us progress enough to become a serious rival? Or, knowing human nature, a threat to them?
I think I more or less agree with Caldrail about its "evolutionary" explanation... although it leads to quite dark scenarios.
As for the "external help" Fireskull talks about, it is theorically possible... BUT let me report here what a certain guy named STEPHEN HAWKING said during a world scientific conference not long ago: mankind shouldn't be eager to welcome extraterrestrial "visitors", because they would more likely be searching for resources, rather than for friends.
"Earthern" history can provide enough examples of what happens when a population is "visited" by another one with a vastly superior technology.
As long as mankind is "caught" while still confined on Earth, the odds are against us. Consider two hypothesis:
1) Aliens are a "beastly" civilization that only cares about own survival: Earth = prey
2) Aliens are "benevolent": even if they want to be our "mentors", competition will still exist. Do you think they would let us progress enough to become a serious rival? Or, knowing human nature, a threat to them?