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ya but apparently they are not what the aliens r looking for, that and wouldn't the jungle people be full of disease? No modern medicine for them so the aliens would get sick too... They want healthy humans, well... Actually... How do u know they don't abducted jungle people either? They might... Not like they can share their story with the rest of the world
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Rather than trade, why wouldn't they just kidnap a bunch of people from the jungle or some other place where they wouldn't be missed and breed them themselves? It would be a lot less trouble.
I replied an answered before... It's probably to avoid a fight, they don't want to destroy us... just use us, so they probably made a deal... Government stays out of it... Aliens abducted who they want, that deal might save all of us... But hey... Who knows what they truly want
originally posted by: Hellas
Well let's assume that they exist and abduct us..
Why would the Aliens want to trade anything? It's not like we could do anything about them abducting us.
ya but wouldn't robots cost more than a human slave? Making the robot cost a lot... Then repairs, now humans tho u can breed more, don't really have to feed em much just enough to keep em awake to do ur work, dont humans can heal but robots need repair.. if u can find the parts or afford it
originally posted by: JadeStar
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
a reply to: saiyankev
Mabey Aliens take humans to sell them on the intergalactic slave market. Makes for a good film idea anyway.
That would be a crap movie. Why would advanced aliens who can travel faster than light need human slaves? We already have robots which are more capable of menial labor, immune to disease (a big problem if you are exposing people to alien viruses and what not), immune to radiation (a big problem in many regions of space), and do not need to be fed.
Slavery in a interstellar context makes as much sense as aliens riding horses with laser guns.
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
If there exists an Intergalactic Alien Race capable of FTL travel currently visiting us, they wouldn't need the government to "allow" them to do anything.
originally posted by: TrueMessiah
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
If there exists an Intergalactic Alien Race capable of FTL travel currently visiting us, they wouldn't need the government to "allow" them to do anything.
One thing to take into consideration is the fact that if the aliens forcibly exert their will, it would promp resistance from the civilization in question (in this case Earth), in which case there would likely be a war that could prove detrimental to the resources they seek. Why just steamroll your way in and risk damaging what you came for when more subtle means can be executed, meanwhile keeping your intentions and goals intact and covert at the same time? Brains>>Brawn
originally posted by: saiyankev
ya but apparently they are not what the aliens r looking for, that and wouldn't the jungle people be full of disease?
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Rather than trade, why wouldn't they just kidnap a bunch of people from the jungle or some other place where they wouldn't be missed and breed them themselves? It would be a lot less trouble.
No modern medicine for them so the aliens would get sick too... They want healthy humans, well...
Actually... How do u know they don't abducted jungle people either? They might... Not like they can share their story with the rest of the world
originally posted by: CallYourBluff
People always say what would an advanced race want with us? Has anyone considered that some may only be a couple of hundred years ahead of us and the technology they use is not their own. Even if they are thousands or millions of years ahead, they would still be interested in this place. After all, we still dig up dinosaur bones.
originally posted by: TrueMessiah
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
If there exists an Intergalactic Alien Race capable of FTL travel currently visiting us, they wouldn't need the government to "allow" them to do anything.
One thing to take into consideration is the fact that if the aliens forcibly exert their will, it would promp resistance from the civilization in question (in this case Earth), in which case there would likely be a war that could prove detrimental to the resources they seek. Why just steamroll your way in and risk damaging what you came for when more subtle means can be executed, meanwhile keeping your intentions and goals intact and covert at the same time? Brains>>Brawn
originally posted by: saiyankev
ya but wouldn't robots cost more than a human slave? Making the robot cost a lot... Then repairs, now humans tho u can breed more, don't really have to feed em much just enough to keep em awake to do ur work, dont humans can heal but robots need repair.. if u can find the parts or afford it
originally posted by: JadeStar
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
a reply to: saiyankev
Mabey Aliens take humans to sell them on the intergalactic slave market. Makes for a good film idea anyway.
That would be a crap movie. Why would advanced aliens who can travel faster than light need human slaves? We already have robots which are more capable of menial labor, immune to disease (a big problem if you are exposing people to alien viruses and what not), immune to radiation (a big problem in many regions of space), and do not need to be fed.
Slavery in a interstellar context makes as much sense as aliens riding horses with laser guns.
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
Lets say we discover an advanced Alien Race on Jupiter and declare war on them. So what? we can't get to them, we can't do anything to them at all. For an intergalactic Alien Race capable of FTL travel the only possible "resource" we would be able to offer them would be ourselves. Unless you believe humans are going to commit mass suicide, than I don't think they would care very much for our declarations of war.
Brains are greater than Brawn, in this situation, they would have both.