Planets like Earth are still rare as fukk, there might be just a few thousands of habitable planets in the galaxy. So in relative terms, the Earth would still be considered a treasure to expanding alien civilisations.Again....if they have the means to travel here, what could we possibly offer them?
Any resources that exist on Earth exist elsewhere in the galaxy....and in most cases in far larger amounts than on Earth. So the idea that aliens traveled potentially thousands of light years to jack....I don't even know, water, fossil fuels, whatever....is ridiculous. And, no offense, that "we are important, the aliens want something from us!" mind state is typical of humans.
If aliens exist, we are not important enough to steal from. If they do exist, them occasionally visiting Earth is probably the space equivalent of slowing down to watch a car wreck. I mean...."analyze our capabilities?"
If they have the tech to come here, they don't need to analyze anything. It would be like us analyzing whether or not a nuke can kill a toddler.
Fred.
Also, they could be studying us, like how we study different species of ants.
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