Look at ourselves. In nineteenth century, people believed that technological advance can bring only good. Mustard gas changed their opinion in the WW I. Then we have discovered an amazing source of energy, we became able to get it out of atoms. No- We have made a bomb.
I am saying that technology advances too fast, way faster than our moral values. Moral values can't be kept working because of our animal nature. I see the humanity as an oversized monkey herd. The only difference between us and animals is the technological advance. But we have a lot of common with monkeys. There are alpha males trying to hold their power, there are several other powerful individuals who pursue this power, or try to get similar power somewhere else. And then there are simple denizens as me and you - exploited by the powerful just to be more powerful.
We are incorrigible. We tend to repeat every error, just more horrible and on much larger scale. Firstly I thought that humanity needs several hundred thousands years of evolution to get better, but now I think that... we can't get better. It's in our nature, bad habits and power-hunger are quite profitable things - Survival of the fittest.
Why am I saying that and what does it has to do with aliens? We will obliterate our own civilization before we get a chance to meet another. If few thousands or milions of people somehow manage to survive WW III. or other kind of apocalypse, they will restore the human civilization. This future civilization will blame the past events on an asteroid. All of this misery will repeat all over again until we exagerrate our self-destructive nature and wipe ourselves completely.
In case I am are not right with meeting another civilization:
Stephen Hawkin Wrote:If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.
~I wish you a good day. Enjoy your life while you still can (;
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