Riedquat Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 What makes you think that possession of FTL would halt evolution? Possession of fire didn't. Nothing makes me think that, which is why I didn't say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuG III Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Aside from intellectual curiosity, I am not exactly worried by aliens. Any species that has managed to crack interstellar travel at respectable speeds (say 50% of the speed of light and upwards) is not going to be overly interested in anything we have to offer. Any species that has cracked FTL travel would probably not even recognise us as intelligent. This the fundamental flaw with all of the alien invasion films. Species shows up in their warp drive ships, having flown past vast numbers of worlds, and squillions of tonnes of water. Why are they here? To plunder the water supplies of earth. Yeah right. Actually, District 9 had this about right. Imagine a plane crashes on an inhabited but stone age island somewhere. The locals would be impressed by the inexplicable gadgetary of the visitors but also baffled that this seemingly advanced "species" was almost totally helpless, incapable even of summoning fire without help from some magic gadget. Those prawns in District 9 would have been the same - they probably were very good at their specialised roles but were totally helpless out of that environment. Effectively they were dumb peasants and as likely to be able to re-build an inter-stellar space craft as a business analyst would be to build an A380 from scratch on a desert island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowflux Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Nothing makes me think that, which is why I didn't say it. You said "It's not as if they've had [FLT] ever since their species existed", that is, any species with FLT also existed at some point without FLT. The only way this can be universally true is if the acquision of FLT prevents the evolution of new species. Simple logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The alien invasion fleet is already on its way. They plan to turn the earth into a giant meat factory and melt mankind down into molten meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 “One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.” I was (para)quoting Kent Brockman in my earlier post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Actually, District 9 had this about right. I got stuck in Bolton once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I got stuck in Bolton once! A gerbil strapped up with sellotape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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