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When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …

by ambrus (Abbot)
on Nov 01, 2013 at 23:57 UTC ( [id://1060858]=poll: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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Treat them as rivals
[bar] 164/25%
Treat them as friends
[bar] 171/26%
Hide from them
[bar] 23/3%
Oppress them
[bar] 78/12%
Revere them
[bar] 13/2%
Be long gone
[bar] 209/32%
658 total votes
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Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by marinersk (Priest) on Nov 02, 2013 at 03:47 UTC
    Calvin & Hobbs said it best: The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that none of it has ever tried to contact us.
      For those not familiar with this one quote, they're standing in front of a giant tree stump w/ litter all around it. And on a related note:

      RIMMER: Lister, don't you ever stop and wonder: why are we here? What's the grand purpose?

      LISTER: Why does it have to be such a big deal? Why can't it be like, like, human beings are a planetary disease? Like the Earth's got German measles or facial herpes, right? And that's why all of the other planets give us such a wide berth. It's like, "Oh, don't go near Earth! It's got human beings on it, they're contagious!"

      RIMMER: So you're saying, Lister, you're an intergalactic, pus-filled cold sore! At last, Lister, we agree on something.

      -- Red Dwarf, "Waiting For God"

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by kcott (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2013 at 02:53 UTC

    "Not notice" may have been another valid option.

    -- Ken

      Hmm true, that option isn't even in my original proposal which has a bit more options.

      Though, that might have already happened, with the mice and dolphins, so this poll can be understood to ask about another species after those.

        "... mice and dolphins, so this poll can be understood to ask about another species after those."

        Actually, my initial thought, which prompted the reply, was about the group of species in the order Octopoda.

        Something as different from us as a mollusc, does tend to go unnoticed, when considering intelligent creatures that share the planet with us.

        While I wasn't really trying to provoke a philosophical discussion on the subject, it does beg the question whether we're intelligent enough to recognise another intelligent species.

        -- Ken

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 02, 2013 at 20:02 UTC

    Earth still waits for the first intelligent species.

    Alexander

    --
    Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by toolic (Bishop) on Nov 02, 2013 at 02:03 UTC
    ... be enslaved|devoured|destroyed, presuming you are referring to extraterrestrials (which will be, therefore, far more advanced). Game over, man.
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by hippo (Bishop) on Nov 02, 2013 at 13:36 UTC

    ... infect them with multiple confrontationally competing strands of monotheistic religion and thereby bring their civilization down to the level of ours. Alas.

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by FloydATC (Deacon) on Nov 05, 2013 at 17:41 UTC
    When another intelligent species appears on Earth
    s/other//;
    -- FloydATC

    Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

      That did make me smile ;)
      s/other// -> Such a refined humor :)
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by ramlight (Friar) on Nov 06, 2013 at 20:58 UTC
    If humanity is still around when another intelligent species appears on Earth, I think that all of the first five choices will occur simultaneously. Some people will think of them as rivals; others will try to be friends. Still others will revere them.

    Of those who are afraid of them, one group will try to oppress them and another will try to hide from them.

    Most likely, none of these strategies will work.

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by GotToBTru (Prior) on Nov 07, 2013 at 22:38 UTC
    Since Carl Sagan made sure there was no reference to religion on the golden records included on Voyager 1 and 2, I predict first contact will be missionaries.
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 02, 2013 at 13:42 UTC
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by pajout (Curate) on Nov 12, 2013 at 10:21 UTC
    Give them Camel book...
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall … have lunch
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 02, 2013 at 00:33 UTC
    Have lunch
      "It's a cookbook!"
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by fbicknel (Beadle) on Nov 04, 2013 at 21:52 UTC
    ... ask them if they have a Ctrl-Alt-Del, too.
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by pvaldes (Chaplain) on Nov 05, 2013 at 11:29 UTC

    Humanity shall do something... But I bet that humanity will do nothing useful, this is not a new history at all

    When Dreissena polymorpha appeared first time on USA, the americans did... nothing.

    Now, we, humans, can not fight this simple small mussel creating damages of hundreds of millions of dollars in our water and energy resources. Burning two or three billions more each year.

    We can't eliminate it. Government plays with glossy drones in some desert of the world.

    Frogs, rabbits, ants, birds, rats, minks, jellyfishes... biological invasions occur just right now every day. Sadly we don't care to much about it, look for aliens and simply wait. Then we put tons of money into the new black hole each year

    The stupidest form of life can beat us, and it does all the time.

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by wjw (Priest) on Nov 07, 2013 at 09:07 UTC
    I suspect they will watch and wait until we are long gone.

    Why complicate things by moving in on the indigenous when one can simply wait until they self destruct?

    That isn't the least bit pessimistic is it?

    ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it...
    Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by default_user (Initiate) on Nov 02, 2013 at 05:58 UTC
    All of the first 5 in equal measure
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by robby_dobby (Hermit) on Nov 05, 2013 at 12:59 UTC
    They'd be too busy to notice and will eventually fade away....
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by barrd (Canon) on Nov 15, 2013 at 08:53 UTC
      Lol, I laughed when I saw the word another in that question :-)

        Speak for yourself :)

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by chacham (Prior) on Nov 03, 2013 at 12:29 UTC

    If we're talking about another species, i would think the humans would be there creators, and hence treat them like second-class citizens, much like they deny but do in the Star Trek universe.

    Assuming you mean extra-terrestrial race, well, it is likely all the emotions will follow suit until whatever happens happens. That's simply an unpredictable relationship. For that, i would have added an option of "Cautiously try to treat them as equals."

Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by Voronich (Hermit) on Nov 05, 2013 at 18:55 UTC
    other?
Re: When another intelligent species appears on Earth, humanity shall …
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Nov 28, 2013 at 16:16 UTC
    Eat them.

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