Julian The Apostate
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I definitely agree that it’s more likely for information rather than entertainment. A highly advanced civilization might be concerned about any potential unknown threats from undiscovered civilizations and studying us to determine how long it takes species to go from swinging in trees to developing AI which is when species become legitimate threats to them and the universe.I don't think we're that important to be someone's Truman Show. This IS a very nice planet though and likely waaaaay above average for the cosmos. Worth keeping tabs on for sure.
The idea that extraterrestrials might have records of all kinds of stuff from human history gives me a rock hard boner though.
One thing that would be tremendous to see in my lifetime is if extraterrestrials came down and showed us the truth about human history: Where we came from, how we evolved, whether Atlantis was really built by Martian sky-people or if it was just a nicer-than-usual city that got mythologized, how many great floods / polar shifts / apocalypses have reset human civilization (at least 1, probably 2, that I think I know of). They could also teach us about warp bubbles and how to have a peaceful, exploratory world dedicated to the sciences, with clean air, antigravity vehicles eliminating pollution and traffic, antigravity tech making the lives of elderly and crippled people exponentially more comfortable, cures for cancer (turns out it was vinegar mixed with salt, 2 tablespoons a day, all along!) and the ability to chart other planets like they do.
It would be incredible.
Then they'd start teaching us about racial differences and how wildly variable human genetics are and how some groups are basically still in the Homo Erectus stage because their genetic line never left the congo or the pygmy island or the wasteland in central Australia. All of the extraterrestrial's previous teachings would instantly be torched and antifa would burn down the libraries dedicated to them and corporations/media would cancel them.
That's right, they'd cancel the extraterrestrials. "NOT WELCOME" Joe Biden would say in an emergency presidential address.
This could be a society dedicated to make sure burgeoning spacefaring civilizations don’t unleash any malignant Von Neumann probes or AI into the galaxy. Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure type thing. No fucking clue but the possibilities are endless and fascinating.
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