[PIF]

Given how difficult it would be for us to get here from there and how advanced beyond our present knowledge they would have to be to do it, I hope they do not find us, ever. And I hope they haven't already, as there is absolutely no assurance they will be even remotely friendly. How friendly were the Spanish to the inhabitants of the new World? But why haven't we heard from them already? Fermi's Paradox. Because there aren't any. Conversely because, like a Dark Forest, where predators roam, every one is hiding ... except us.

[Neoliberalnot]

Excellent post. Science fiction provides very seductive fantasies.