How come we always class aliens as a far more intelligent life form? what are we doing wrong as humans?

Question

How come we always class aliens as a far more intelligent life form? what are we doing wrong as humans?

Answer 1

...they are able to travel and investigate, we are still in the construction mode of a dilapidated space program...

Answer 2

You have to assume that any aliens that visit earth are much more advanced technically than we are. This is because we are not capable of traveling the vast distances that are required to travel due to the lack of technical  knowledge needed to travel at speeds near or even faster than the speed of light (3*10^8m/s). Also, they would have the technical knowledge to locate us-- since we are not able to locate them.

Answer 3

Well, the underlying assumption is that if they can get here, they must be smarter than us.

Answer 4

If they're out there, the fact that they have more advanced technology doesn't  necessarily mean they're more intelligent than we are. They probably have been around (as a race or people) a lot longer than we have and have had more time to advance - at least technologically - hopefully spiritually.

Answer 5

we, as humans, classify aliens as more intelligent because if we contact aliens, we will probably see that they have more advance technology. we have far lesser technology. the only way aliens would find out where we are would probably be highly advance technology, that we dont possess. if we see something we dont have, we will most likely consider ourselves inferior to them, albeit, jealous too, but that is just our nature.

Answer 6

There are different kinds of intelligence, some of which the fictional Aliens from film and TV have in greater abundance than we do and some less.

Technologially they may be superior as they have mastered space travel and have a deeper understanding of Physics and the naural world.

However some of them are far from benign and come to destroy or conquer - we could consider that not very intelligent, or certainly not civilised.

We could also think of the analogies we see in this world where technologically superior countries use their power to harm other countries and don't take care of the environment - not very smart, but then think of tribes in the amazon who don't have many tools but live well with nature and one another....who is the most intelligent?

Answer 7

since we're not doing space travel, they must be smarter to come visit us.

Answer 8

IF "aliens" travel, obviously they would have to exist in a place we are unaware of.  To do this, they would have to be light years ahead of us intellectually.

This does not mean we as humans are doing anything wrong IF there IS far more intelligent life out there, it just means we are not as advanced, making us different.

The main thing we as a race do that is indeed potentially lethal, is we FAIL to work together for a common goal - we are selfish rather than team players more often than not.  Thinking ahead, planning for the future, being considerate, and putting others needs ahead of our own is pretty much considered "old fashioned".  I guarantee, the way people are today is FAR from what was planned, and we will pay for it.

Answer 9

It's a fantasy.  We want them to be smart so they can help us fix our civilizations. Not all fictional aliens are more intelligent, though.

Answer 10

...we fail to communicate with each other...

...and our human traits take over...

Answer 11

It makes for better movies.  In reality alien life forms, could be smarter in certain areas, and as dumb as a post in others.

Answer 12

If we are meeting aliens on Earth, that means they have already established long-distance viable space travel at a minimum, which would be why many aliens, in that scenario, are presented as highly intelligent - and part may be just wish-fulfillment on our part. There are many science fiction stories, where the encounters are NOT on our earth, but in space, or on another planet in the future, where WE have traveled, where humans are portrayed as at least holding their own.

Answer 13

its jus far enough that they can come in a heart beat and we still trying to get to the moon

Answer 14

We are doing almost everything wrong, but I don't believe that this is the reason we view aliens as superior beings. It's because we want to believe that things can get better. If alien races are scattered throughout the universe and are happy and prosperous, don't we want that for ourselves? We are seeking a better place for our race, or a society to model ourselves after, in order to improve our own lives.

Answer 15

The guys who show up in the big ship are the smart ones 'cause they know how to build a big ship.

Neglecting the space program is what we're doing wrong.

Especially since we know what the people in the big ship usually do the folks who watch them sail up.

Answer 16

because they got here and we never got of the earth so that would make them smarter then humans.

Answer 17

well normally we think of aliens as coming to us which would mean they're smarter as far as space travel goes, but we never really think, or care, about other aliens that could be stuck on their world like we basically are, or even more underdevolped than us... we just don't bother to think that far.

Answer 18

Aliens are non-Americans in America. Ask the immigration office and they will confirm that to be true. The movie world entertained our thoughts and lured us to think  aliens are more than what they are, being human is to be creative of thoughts and nothing is wrong with that. It is of the weak mind who will believe aliens are intelligent.

Answer 19

caue you are the ones crazy enough to believe they exist and are more intelligent , Whats that tell you ?