OldBuzzard
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A conservative estimate of the number of galaxies in the OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE is around 2 trillion. There are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. The nearest star to earth is a star system called Alpha Centuri. It is 4.5 light years from earth. The numbers and distances involved are mind boggling. If there is a planet circling one ore more of these stars which is populated by intelligent creatures, and if they have progressed to the point where interstellar travel is possible, that means that they have substances available to them to power craft which we can’t imagine.
Their environment is so unimaginably different from ours that we literally can’t imagine it. If that is the case, and such creatures routinely travel to distant planets which may or may not be inhabited, then I believe that not only would they have no need or interest in our natural resources, they might not even recognize us as a lie form. And possibly, their only interest in us would probably just be as a mild curiosity.
Their environment is so unimaginably different from ours that we literally can’t imagine it. If that is the case, and such creatures routinely travel to distant planets which may or may not be inhabited, then I believe that not only would they have no need or interest in our natural resources, they might not even recognize us as a lie form. And possibly, their only interest in us would probably just be as a mild curiosity.