Reply #150: "The very reason why extraterrestrial life practically must exist is the exact same reason..."

[grace0418]

But that reason, for me, is why I don't rule anything out. Maybe there *is* a planet that has figured out how to work more cooperatively than we have. Maybe they've evolved without religion or superstition, or have evolved past that.

Why would they have bothered visiting us? Well, why not? Maybe they're travelers, just wandering the universe checking it out. It seems to me that if humans had the capability to travel into the deep reaches of space there would be plenty of people who would do it just to see what is out there. I guess I just don't agree that a society so complex would have no reason to visit earth or anywhere else. Wouldn't a thirst for knowledge be the exact reason why a society becomes complex in the first place? Why would that go away just because they've figured out how to travel vast distances in space?

And maybe they didn't have to scout out every single star system in the entire universe. Maybe they've figured out a way to focus in on systems that have the best possibilities for supporting life and have traveled there. Maybe their society is vast and they can send out billions of travelers at a time. Maybe they are closer than we think and found us pretty quickly.