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We probably won’t be invaded by aliens that are vastly superior to ourselves

Any race that has mastered the ability to travel between solar systems probably isn’t going to pay humanity a second thought. The world would look like an insignificant backwater, lacking anything useful. There’s always a chance that something like a Von Neumann probe could land, replicate and destroy us all for the hell of it, but that’s closer to an act of god than an invasion.

If something looking like a traditional invasion were to come, it would likely be from a nearby planet like Mars from a civilization that had just learned how to travel through space but hadn’t progressed very far passed that. Possibly something like a natural disaster would force them to immigrate to a different biosphere. Or a once advanced civilization in extreme long term decline that requires humans or something from our biosphere.

By Eric Patton

Well look down Yonder Gabriel, put your feet on the
land and see

But Gabriel don't you blow your trumpet till you hear
from me

There ain't no grave can hold my body down

3 replies on “We probably won’t be invaded by aliens that are vastly superior to ourselves”

Unless they were on a religious mission to purge inferior life forms from the universe. Or convert us to the One True God.
You’re assuming advanced life-forms will be sane.

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