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by Jeremy » 04 Nov 2011 04:12
It is interesting to talk about common sense in a topic about how the Nazi's had knowledge of aliens during world war 2.
On the other, hand to take your point seriously, I tend to think that the "prime directive" view is more of an explanation for why aliens haven't made contact, based on the assumption that they actually exist.
Imagine that we find an intelligent civilisation living in Uranus tomorrow, that have an advanced society, but lack the technology to be able to see us. Would we try to send them some kind of communication, or would we just observe them? I'm sure we'd send them a communication. In fact we've already sent out plenty of messages, and we haven't even found the aliens yet (except for the Nazi knowledge).
When you look at human history of exploring the Earth, it hasn't been one of finding civilisations, and then just observing them. And when you think of the cost and effort involved in space exploration, surely you would do more than observe when you found something. Or is this alien race advanced enough for intergalactic travel, but unable to harness nuclear power to make the elements they need for resources, and they're just on mining missions?
Either way, the "meddling" explanation seems like the least like and least reasonable approach for a highly advanced and intelligent bunch of aliens to actually take.
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