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The_Green_Clarinet  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the ethics of alien contact?

That was a good read.

If we were to make a code of ethics, we'd have to make sure to enforce it. I could see this becoming something people look at and say "oh that's cute" while they exploit a planet. And also I hope, if a sentient alien species does find us, that they worry about ethics too.





user-inactivated  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would like to hope that any species that has their act together enough to be able to commit to interstellar travel would be mature enough socially to not behave poorly towards other species.

MisterMentat  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The same was probably hoped for intercontinental naval travel.

user-inactivated  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sure. However, interstellar travel is a completely different scale. Unless some species stumbles on some kind of holy grail of technology that makes it ridiculously easy, the amount of effort, time, and resources required to achieve such a feat in and of itself is probably a sign of social maturity.