[wbill]

Yup. IMHO, we're pretty arrogant for assuming that they'd want to talk to us. For instance, you're aware of the ants in your driveway, but you're not going to sit outside and try to have a conversation with them.

Frankly, though, I think that interstellar space is too vast for much, if any, communication and travel. Just my opinion, though, it's just as valuable as anyone else's.

[Erasmus]

Yup. IMHO, we're pretty arrogant for assuming that they'd want to talk to us. For instance, you're aware of the ants in your driveway, but you're not going to sit outside and try to have a conversation with them.

Stanley Kubrick gave a Playboy interview after 2001: A Space Odyssey came out.

In response to a question about the form of possible alien intelligences he said (and I paraphrase),

"If an ant on the ground scratches out 'Let's talk,' I'm not going to step on him. "