Confounding
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I personally think it's impossible that they're not out there somewhere considering the vastness of space, but I'm highly skeptical of the idea that they have visited. Perhaps they are aware of Earth, but what could they possibly have to gain from repeated visits? Would an advanced species capable of traversing space seriously be involved with humanity? Would they really conspire with our governments? I guess it just seems like it would be beneath them; like they wouldn't care.
We also like to arrogantly assume that aliens will be approximately as intelligent as us. What if their intelligence dwarfs ours by as much as our intelligence dwarfs that of a dog or a monkey? We're only the smartest organism on the one planet we know life exists on. Life could exist on billions or even trillions of planets/moons. Why assume our intelligence is particularly significant when it might not be? Maybe we're just too fucking stupid to be valuable to them.
We also like to arrogantly assume that aliens will be approximately as intelligent as us. What if their intelligence dwarfs ours by as much as our intelligence dwarfs that of a dog or a monkey? We're only the smartest organism on the one planet we know life exists on. Life could exist on billions or even trillions of planets/moons. Why assume our intelligence is particularly significant when it might not be? Maybe we're just too fucking stupid to be valuable to them.
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