(02-17-2023, 03:15 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(02-17-2023, 02:35 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: Our biological limitations are what prevent us from traveling extremely long distances in space.  But a machine could do it.  Because a machine could shut itself down for a million years if that's what was required.  That's why, if we ever are visited by aliens, they will probably be machines.  And I think eventually machines will supercede humans, because they do not have all the biological weaknesses we have.

I think you severely underestimate evolution if you limit biological possibility to just what's observed here in our little corner of the universe.

I agree with this. I think another "intelligent" form(s) of life exist everywhere in the universe. However, much like us, they have their own challenges, politics and traditions to contest with. Evolution is a fickle, fickle [BLEEP] man. A universal law. That applies to everything in some form. 

I think if they do exist out there, and they're around our solar system, they wouldn't interfere with us until we became a universal threat to them or their solar system. It's one thing if you want to burn, rape, loot, destroy and manipulate your own species on your own planet within your own solar system.

However, the moment we become advanced enough, IF we become advanced enough to consistently travel back and forth or develop stations or "waypoints" from planet to planet, which, that, in and of itself presents it's own obvious challenges. Then we might see another life form pull up on us and set some ground rules on a galactic level.

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

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