Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIs humanity alone in the Universe? What scientists really think.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13
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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·11 months agoI kinda hope we are in some ways, mainly because I’d hate to inflict us on others.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoIs it really something to be worried about? Scifi aside, inter-stellar space travel seems to be basically almost non-viable.
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIn every bit of fiction with “hostile” aliens, the aliens were quite blatantly a stand-in for humanity itself. Most of them focus on one or two specific negative human traits or aspects, but their motivations are almost always very human.
I kinda hope we are in some ways, mainly because I’d hate to inflict us on others.
Is it really something to be worried about?
Scifi aside, inter-stellar space travel seems to be basically almost non-viable.
In every bit of fiction with “hostile” aliens, the aliens were quite blatantly a stand-in for humanity itself. Most of them focus on one or two specific negative human traits or aspects, but their motivations are almost always very human.
I’d hate to inflict you on others