If we actually find extraterrestrial life, what would we do?

Question

Humans have no idea how to defend themselves from them. We can't communicate with them. For all we know, they could kill us in seconds. Why is NASA trying to look for them? Are they purposely trying to kill off the population and leave only the government officials alive? If they're suppose to be so smart, why are they doing this with out the consent of the overall population? Leaving all the power to some d**n control freaks is never a good idea.

Answer 1

Best join the Govt and find out.

But you will never be able to tell anyone.

Answer 2

probably make it into a reality show.........knowing how stupid we are

Answer 3

Google/youtube: "Project Bluebeam"

'Aliens' just in time for 2012! Many will be fooled...

Don't let the coming 4th Reich known as the New World Order fool you!

Do NOT accept this:

http://www.verichipcorp.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gXGTcd6...

Answer 4

Why would they want to kill us?

Answer 5

Calm down. If there were extraterrestrials interested in destroying us, they would've done it long ago.

We also don't know that we can't communicate with them. It's entirely possible that the range of psychological characteristics needed for enabling a species to develop technology is very narrow. It could be so narrow that any species to make its way to us might be more like us (in character, not body) than we'd imagine. Culturally, they may not be any more different from humanity as a whole than various groups of humans are from each other.

Of course it -could- be as dire as you suggest. In that case, what do I think humanity would do if we found extraterrestrial life?  The same thing we always do with any new find: Study it, interact with it and see if it can possibly be exploited to our advantage.

("exploited" isn't necessarily a bad thing - people knowingly permit themselves to be exploited every day - it's called a job. ;-))

Answer 6

dont you think there is something hidden from us..... i dont think killing people and... is part there plan. may be something very very serious, like ....raising life span... or bringing immortality...for those riches and officials. but i gauss there is no extraterrestrial life smarter than us exists

Answer 7

First off you're assuming that other life forms exist. They might and they might not, I don't know. Second you're assuming that if there are other life forms out there, they're more technologically advanced than us. And thirdly you're assuming that they have conquest on they're agenda. If you've ever watched War of the Worlds (and even if you haven't) you'll know that alien probably couldn't survive the microbes here on Earth. Any civilization advanced enough to travel here would realize that.

If we did find intelligent life out there there would probably be a lot of scientific study from both sides and if it's economical, trade might start up. Who knows?

Answer 8

Well we've been streaming video and radio signals into space for about eighty years now.  Commercial stuff.  Nothing to do with scientists, they're just listening.  If you're worried about ET finding, killing and eating us all, it's a little late for that.

I doubt we'd do much.  I doubt we're very likely, at all, to find ETs capable of crossing the immense interstellar distances necessary to get here, kill and eat us.

Relax.  I'm sure you'll live a long, happy life and die a perferctly normal death.  You'll probably get hit by a garbage truck or something.   Hope you feel better.

Now if you were talking about the LHC I'd say you had more of a real point to make.  You'd still be pretty whiny and annoying though.