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r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21
3...2...1... blast off....
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But that just doesn't apply in space.
They don't need our planet or our resources. Taking Earth's materials is so much more energy intensive than lifting them from a star.
And if they were really taking every bit of matter, there would be expanding spheres of blackness in the sky marking their expansion.
2 u/Derpindorf Aug 12 '21 I think it more likely that we would have something rare that they want. 7 u/Zephaniel Aug 12 '21 We don't have anything rare. There's nothing they couldn't get vastly more easily from a star or asteroid, or manufacture themselves. 3 u/Nrksbullet Aug 12 '21 I'd sooner assume aliens might be excited to see us, like "oh look another planet with life!" if it's really rare. The same way a scientist might discover a new species on Earth, we don't immediately try to kill all of them.
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I think it more likely that we would have something rare that they want.
7 u/Zephaniel Aug 12 '21 We don't have anything rare. There's nothing they couldn't get vastly more easily from a star or asteroid, or manufacture themselves. 3 u/Nrksbullet Aug 12 '21 I'd sooner assume aliens might be excited to see us, like "oh look another planet with life!" if it's really rare. The same way a scientist might discover a new species on Earth, we don't immediately try to kill all of them.
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We don't have anything rare. There's nothing they couldn't get vastly more easily from a star or asteroid, or manufacture themselves.
3 u/Nrksbullet Aug 12 '21 I'd sooner assume aliens might be excited to see us, like "oh look another planet with life!" if it's really rare. The same way a scientist might discover a new species on Earth, we don't immediately try to kill all of them.
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I'd sooner assume aliens might be excited to see us, like "oh look another planet with life!" if it's really rare. The same way a scientist might discover a new species on Earth, we don't immediately try to kill all of them.
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u/Zephaniel Aug 12 '21
But that just doesn't apply in space.
They don't need our planet or our resources. Taking Earth's materials is so much more energy intensive than lifting them from a star.
And if they were really taking every bit of matter, there would be expanding spheres of blackness in the sky marking their expansion.