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Could intelligent aliens be a threat ?

By T.K. Randall
August 23, 2011 · Comment icon 104 comments

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Astronomers have been quick to point out lately that contact with aliens could lead to our destruction.
Some argue that far from being the enlightened species depicted in movies such as Close Encounters of a Third Kind, an extraterrestrial race may only have their own interests at heart if they were to find our planet. "The extraterrestrials might proceed to kill, infect, dissect, conquer, displace or enslave us, stuff us as specimens for their museums or pickle our skulls and use us for medical research," say researchers.
Astronomers who have been searching for extraterrestrial intelligence for decades are suddenly saying such an encounter might not be a happy one. Aliens might destroy life on Earth or plan to eat or enslave humans if they sense our civilization was expanding too rapidly and could harm others, according to a latest study.


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Recent comments on this story
Comment icon #95 Posted by DONTEATUS 13 years ago
Im with psyche101 , " its a big call" like in a few trillion bucks ! That relates to Fourty two Gazillion quarters !
Comment icon #96 Posted by psyche101 13 years ago
If by "advanced" you mean "more intelligent", then I'd have to say no, because that's my whole point... If you mean "more technologically advanced", then I'd have to say probably, since a project on such a scale is bound to push ingenuity to its limits and some new technology would come out of it (possibly leading to more technological discoveries in the decades after such a project). It would probably be kind of the same as in the decades following a war, technology usually gets a boost because of the new inventions both sides made to outdo each other. Perhaps I can phrase myself better. Woul... [More]
Comment icon #97 Posted by psyche101 13 years ago
Good question. I read a book about psycic spies and project stargate. It had much to do with that Joseph McMonagle guy. It was an interesting read but seemed to get carried away with some of the remote viewing sessions. Viewing aliens, surface of Jupiter and every other planet and moon in the solar system., spying on the Kremlin in real time while sitting in a US military base in the states. From what I remember, the most talented remote viewers were or became capable of r-v-ing anything asked of them. True or not, they were good story tellers. Those claims were challenged thoroughly. There de... [More]
Comment icon #98 Posted by Khaleid 13 years ago
Perhaps I can phrase myself better. Would we have been considered "advanced" in the 60's if we had gone ahead and used Orion? Is that how "others" would see us? If Orion had taken of in 1960, and returned today, would we consider that "advanced technology" "Advanced" implies comparison, and since we (for the time being) only have ourselves to compare with we will naturally at any point in time always consider ourselves to be in the most advanced state until we have something else to compare with. So to answer to your first question, I would say yes, we would have considered ourselves advanced ... [More]
Comment icon #99 Posted by psyche101 13 years ago
"Advanced" implies comparison, and since we (for the time being) only have ourselves to compare with we will naturally at any point in time always consider ourselves to be in the most advanced state until we have something else to compare with. So to answer to your first question, I would say yes, we would have considered ourselves advanced in the '60s upon achieving that goal. As for what we would think of that today when Orion returns, we probably wouldn't find that advanced anymore since technologically speaking we would have surpassed the '60s. Everyone would probably still think of it as ... [More]
Comment icon #100 Posted by Khaleid 13 years ago
I think you are missing my point, I am bolstering your initial line of: To which I agree, we could have taken of in the 60's and I do not think that is considered "advanced" it was a tube in space that we put explosions behind to push it along. Quite primitive really, loud, polluting, noisy, yet quite capable of interstellar travel. With this example, a very primitive species could venture into space. Yet I think a person was quite intelligent to put the concept together. A species does not have to be "advanced" to have the technological capability for interstellar travel. I did apparently mis... [More]
Comment icon #101 Posted by psyche101 13 years ago
I did apparently miss your point, I should also have looked up what the Orion Project exactly was instead of making a few assumptions... Glad we see eye to eye on this... Duoh! Probably my fault, I should have given you a link to Orion! Because I like the project so much I just assume everyone knows about it...... Mental note, remember links Psyche! Cheers.
Comment icon #102 Posted by DONTEATUS 13 years ago
We will mostlikely not even to worrie the problem of Interstellar space travel,we shall soon be fried off this world. A Dry lifeless world that we helped mess up ! The Sun of coarse did all the real damage !Like Mars ! Were next !
Comment icon #103 Posted by scowl 13 years ago
It would probably be kind of the same as in the decades following a war, technology usually gets a boost because of the new inventions both sides made to outdo each other. That hasn't happened since World War II which coincidentally broke out right when a lot of technology was about to be implemented for non-military use. It sped up the implementation of these things but it also delayed the development of other things like television.
Comment icon #104 Posted by Khaleid 13 years ago
That hasn't happened since World War II which coincidentally broke out right when a lot of technology was about to be implemented for non-military use. It sped up the implementation of these things but it also delayed the development of other things like television. Me and quite a few people I know were always under the impression that they did so it's probably a common misconception here... Thanks for pointing that out...
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