06-23-2013, 06:15 PM
The only two resources that exist on earth and not free floating in space are proteins and chlorophyll.
The only reason to invade earth is for the life it contains. All other mineral and metal resources are floating around in space in asteroids, comets and are far, far easier to get at without dealing with a native population.
Any species sufficiently advanced enough to traverse the vast distances between stars would have the technology necessary to take uninhabitable planets in the Goldilocks zones (like Mars) and transform them into habitable ones.
That would be more logical since taking an alien planet and adapting it to your needs is going to be more time consuming and 'expensive' since most likely the majority of life on that planet is going to be incompatible with your food crops and your bodies...
Humanity has already started passing laws which are similar to the Noninterference Directive (Prime Directive). There are international laws on the books that are designed to prevent contact with other human cultures that may be found, and allowing those cultures to advance at their own pace.
Any species that has attained the ability to traverse those vast interstellar distances will have reached similar conclusions about interfering or tampering with a native species. Thus we are most likely not going to be saved from ourselves by any ET at anytime.
Observation and sampling may actually be taking place. My gut tells me that any human samples taken are part of the millions of missing person cases that remain unsolved (no body found) and are not actually put back with half erased memories.
I could be wrong on that... Maybe the Aliens are that stupid and careless.
The only reason to invade earth is for the life it contains. All other mineral and metal resources are floating around in space in asteroids, comets and are far, far easier to get at without dealing with a native population.
Any species sufficiently advanced enough to traverse the vast distances between stars would have the technology necessary to take uninhabitable planets in the Goldilocks zones (like Mars) and transform them into habitable ones.
That would be more logical since taking an alien planet and adapting it to your needs is going to be more time consuming and 'expensive' since most likely the majority of life on that planet is going to be incompatible with your food crops and your bodies...
Humanity has already started passing laws which are similar to the Noninterference Directive (Prime Directive). There are international laws on the books that are designed to prevent contact with other human cultures that may be found, and allowing those cultures to advance at their own pace.
Any species that has attained the ability to traverse those vast interstellar distances will have reached similar conclusions about interfering or tampering with a native species. Thus we are most likely not going to be saved from ourselves by any ET at anytime.
Observation and sampling may actually be taking place. My gut tells me that any human samples taken are part of the millions of missing person cases that remain unsolved (no body found) and are not actually put back with half erased memories.
I could be wrong on that... Maybe the Aliens are that stupid and careless.