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I was thinking about this "any aliens out there will be more advanced then us, and god help us if we shoot at them" deal.
This is an arguement that reeks of Hollywood. Movie aliens are often like distant relatives, they resemble us in an unpleasant sort of way. This is hardly a surprise. Hollywood creates characters that audiences can identify with, and thats why its aliens are so anthropomorphic (and why Donald Duck looks more like a human than a duck.)
But appearances aside, cinema aliens have another implausible attribute, theyre nearly always at our level of technical sophistication. We frequently trade gunfire with them or chase them around in our jets. This is silly, of course. Any beings capable of bridging the vast distances between the stars would be able to clean our clock when it comes to science and engineering.
I say, forget about movie aliens, who always seem keen to engage us in aerial combat, play around in our crop fields, play with our cows butts or invite us aboard their ships for unpleasant personal experiments.
My thoughts were the same. If ET was to visit us, we are confronted with a species that has managed to travel between stars, which in itself dictates a technological level way ahead of us. Assuming that they come from a planet with an atmosphere, that would most certainly also imply that they have perfected flying in said atmosphere 9and in any atmosphere. And they would most certainly also make sure that our atmosphere would ok to fly in before doing so.
Hence, any chance of us engaging said crafts in a dog fight would at best be far fetched. And the chance of actually hitting any of them even more so. And with respect to cow mutilations and abductions; if that was really perpetrated by ET, I am pretty sure he wouldn't give any part of the cow or human back. If really in ETs interest, in my point of view ET would most likely go on an abduction spree and grab whatever animal (humans included) that was near by that he could get at, and I seriously doubt he would even consider giving any specimens back.
Best,
Badeskov
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What a ride!". Said to to Dean Karnazes by a running buddy.
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how do you communicate with a jelly fish and would we even anything in common with such an entity?
Well, I guess Amazon.com is my friend. I will see if I can find it.
