10-12-2017, 07:22 PM
I think if aliens had the ability to visit us, they'd probably view us as just animals, almost like a zoo. Maybe they would stay hidden, so as not to interfere with intelligent life. But we would seem like to them like the cave man to us. That's what DOES make the Ancient Aliens series interesting.
On the other hand, even if we assume aliens have the tech to visit us, would they actually find us, or make it a priority to visit us? Just think about the numbers we are talking - even if a planet having life is 1 in a billion, there would be BILLIONS of planets with life...and finding those is the proverbial needle in a haystack. I suppose, theoretically, they could have millions of probes floating around well out of detectable range of any of the planets. What if we aren't that interesting? What if we aren't even in the top-1M must-see alien destinations?
And the idea we've been visited all relies on faster-than-light travel being a reality, as opposed to theoretical impossibility.
On the other hand, even if we assume aliens have the tech to visit us, would they actually find us, or make it a priority to visit us? Just think about the numbers we are talking - even if a planet having life is 1 in a billion, there would be BILLIONS of planets with life...and finding those is the proverbial needle in a haystack. I suppose, theoretically, they could have millions of probes floating around well out of detectable range of any of the planets. What if we aren't that interesting? What if we aren't even in the top-1M must-see alien destinations?
And the idea we've been visited all relies on faster-than-light travel being a reality, as opposed to theoretical impossibility.
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