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user-inactivated  ·  1656 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What If We Really Are Alone in the Universe?

    But then, does it feel fear the way I do? Does it feel fear at all?

That's like when people like Hawking say other civilizations might try to destroy us. They might remove us just out not caring (think, Hitchhiker's Guide intergalactic highway) but when it comes down to compassion we're really talking about human values and our philosophy. What is a value system?

But who knows? They might be receiving our radio signals right now and see it as nothing worth investigating. Either it appears as randomness to them or we're just too stupid.