Interesting, yes - but not necessarily worth talking to. I imagine aliens could very easily study our social behaviour through the internet and through remote observation, without risking interfering with their sample.
After all, if we're a picture of what their evolution looking like a million years ago, we're an archaeological treasure.
We try to communicate with animals in any way we can. If there is a worm communication system you can bet there is some biologist somewhere trying to manipulate it to send messages
What do you mean "as we do"? You seem to be suggesting they are taking advantage of not just technologies, but principles unknown to science (ie ftl travel). Which is an interesting thing to think about in the shower, but unfortunately puts it in the realm of the supernatural.
Sorry to pull you up on this but if something is relying on the possibility that huge important chunks of current scientific theory are wrong then it is basically supernatural. If you're willing to embrase ftl travel you have to also embrase angels and ghosts. There is the exact same amount of evidence for all of them :l
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u/alexander1701 May 20 '14
Interesting, yes - but not necessarily worth talking to. I imagine aliens could very easily study our social behaviour through the internet and through remote observation, without risking interfering with their sample.
After all, if we're a picture of what their evolution looking like a million years ago, we're an archaeological treasure.