Can someone here come up with any sort of realistic value system a foreign civilisation might have that would result in it not destroying the human race, or at least permanently stunting our continued development, should they become aware of us?
“permanently stunting our continued development” might be the only way not to destroy the human race.
it seems a huge liability to leave us to challenge their power.
It’s not clear that we have a realistic change to develop capabilities that threaten a civilization that has a head start of 100 million years.
In addition it’s worth noting that a galactic civilization needs moral norms that allow societies that exist millions of light years apart and to coexist when it’s not possible to attribute attacks to their sources.
Hanson’s argues in the Age of Em that Em’s are likely religious and might follow religious norms.
There are Buddhists who don’t eat meat for religious reasons and in a similar way an alien civilization might not kill us for religious reasons.
Given this, why is it in any way legal to broadcast our existence and location? There have been efforts in the past to send radio signals to distant solar systems.
You don’t need a special effort to broadcast signals for a civilization that cares about emerging species to listen to normal radio broadcasts.
“permanently stunting our continued development” might be the only way not to destroy the human race.
It’s not clear that we have a realistic change to develop capabilities that threaten a civilization that has a head start of 100 million years.
In addition it’s worth noting that a galactic civilization needs moral norms that allow societies that exist millions of light years apart and to coexist when it’s not possible to attribute attacks to their sources.
Hanson’s argues in the Age of Em that Em’s are likely religious and might follow religious norms.
There are Buddhists who don’t eat meat for religious reasons and in a similar way an alien civilization might not kill us for religious reasons.
You don’t need a special effort to broadcast signals for a civilization that cares about emerging species to listen to normal radio broadcasts.