reply to post by abe froman
Great Question!
There is a bevy of different reasons why now may be the time.
Consider this. If we are being visited by an advanced civilization, from outside our solar system, it is likely they are a Type II Civilization or
greater.
en.wikipedia.org...
If you use Drake's Equation,
www.activemind.com...
(scroll all the way down and use the calculator for yourself)
You will get an idea of how many advanced civilizations are in the Milky Way that are communicating with radio waves...which is probably an ancient
method to Type II and III's. Whatever your answer is, no matter how stingy you feel like being, you should have a number greater than 0. Take that
result and multiply it by the number of galaxies in the "known" Universe, which is roughly...
www.universetoday.com...
500 BILLION. The estimate I got was 280 Trillion different advanced civilizations capable of communication in the known Universe. I would image a
small percentage of this 280 trillion are Type IIIs. These Type III Civilizations undoubtedly know of each other. Sure, some may be rouge, but since
each has the power to destroy an entire galaxy, war is not even a consideration. It is likely a governing body between them has been formed...a
federation perhaps. This "Federation" probably monitors the progress of other civilizations to stop them from misusing their new found power.
However, I would imagine it would be strictly forbidden to share Type III technology with civilizations who are not ready to wield it, like ourselves.
Many believe that if we were being visited by ET's they would've made themselves known. I believe perhaps this is against protocol and there are
parameters for such an event enforced by this "Federation." Stephen Hawking used Cristopher Columbus and the Native American's as an example of
what it would be like if we were visited. Dr. Michio Kaku equated it to Cortez and the Aztecs. I believe these statements are innaccurate. In order
for an advanced civilization to be able to visit us they MUST think differently than we do, in terms of violence, or they would have self-destructed
in the technology evolution process. This is the reason we don't have and probably won't have flying cars. Imagine everyone in the world flying
around in personal vehicles that have the power of several nuclear bombs. It wouldn't be but an hour or two until we were back to the stone age. I
believe perhaps a better analogy could be likened to a Ivy Leauge professor who has been choosen to study a newly found tribe that lives in a cave
system in South America. This tribe was found by a satelite and let's just say we are certain that they have had almost no interaction with modern
man. Our professor certainly wouldn't just walk up to the tribe and take them over with a machine gun. There is a certain amount of respect for these
tribesman, as they resemble humans. It is likely that our professor would spend weeks, if not months, studying the tribe at a distance. Our professor
studies their anatomy, culture, language, religion/beliefs, art, and social structure without disturbing them. The professor finds that the tribes art
and religion revolves around a "Bird God." The tribe worships a massive effigy of their "Bird God" which closely resembles a helicopter. After
further study, the professor finds that many of the tribesman suffer from different types of cancer. However, he see's something miraculous! The
professor witnesses the tribes "medicine man" curing the people of the tribe of all different types of cancer! This is amazing to the proffesor but
he cannot figure out how the medicine man is doing it. With all the people in America dying by the minute of cancer the professor knows it is time to
approach the tribe. The professor, along with his colleauges, devise a plan. It quite simple. The professor will make a grand entrance in, you guessed
it, a helicopter. He will wear a grand costume and video tape the cancer ritual. The professor, in all his study of the tribe, knows that what plagues
the tribe is quite simply the lack of morality. Upon leaving the tribe the proffesor decides to hand them a book that outlines simple rules for
coexistance. He explains to the tribesman that they shall follow the guidlines because one day...he will return.
It is fairly safe to assume that if we were visited by a Type II or III civilization it would not be the first time that the advanced beings have
contacted an earth-like race. It wouldn't be their first BBQ. These beings would probably be well-versed in extrapolating any technology or resources
from inferior civilizations. As I said earlier, they probably operate under the guidlines of some universal federation. When/if we are approached by
an advanced civilization it is safe to assume that they have been studying us for quite some time. They know of our language, religions, social
structure, technology, weaponry. They have studied our anatomy much like we studied the anatomy of the Rhinocerous. By shooting a traquilizer dart and
dragging the specimen back to our mobile lab. The specimen just thought it was all a bad dream.
I believe that getting people to fear the approach of an advanced civilization is a VERY dangerous notion. Knowing that it is nearly impossibe to
travel to distant stars, using the conventional physics that mainstream scientists clutch to, it would be an atrocity to engage an alien visitation
with hostility. They are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ahead of us. Although, it may be against "Federation" rules for
them to just come and attack us it may be legal for them to "fire, if fired upon."
All this being said, I don't think a visit will happen on the White House lawn.
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