The face of first contact: What aliens look like

New Scientist ^ | 1/25/10 | Stephen Battersby

[LibWhacker]

TENTACLED monsters, pale skinny humanoids, shimmery beings of pure energy... When it comes to the question of what alien life forms might look like, we are free to let our imagination roam. The science-in-waiting of extraterrestrial anatomy has yet to acquire its first piece of data, so nobody knows what features we will behold if and when humans and aliens come face-to-face. Or face to squirmy something.

Despite this lack of hard evidence, a blend of astronomy and earthly biology offers some clues to what is out there. A few bold scientists are even willing to make an educated guess at the nature of aliens that might exist on faraway worlds.

[NTHockey]

>>If aliens exist then they probably look just like us.<<

Now THAT is a scary thought. More LIBs to mess things up; more idiots spending into oblivion. That may well be the reason that they would contact us. They spend their planet into oblivion and looking at Earth from the past (being light years away), they look at us as a fresh place to exploit.

Surprise!

[JimRed]

IIRC, Seven of Nine was a human who had been assimilated by the Borg as a child, and was rescued by Enterprise Voyager.