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That not about difference in intelligence it's about difference is size...
And Humans would 100% notice a spaceship with being 1,000s of times bigger than us, if only because it would block the sky and change gravity.
If aliens were the size of ants, they likely won't have the space for a brain big enough to get here.
Aliens might be real somewhere, but the universe is too huge to travel. Unless they're functionally immortal, there's no chance we see a live one.
If (and it's a big if) we see proof of extraterrestrial life, it's going to probes/drones/robots from a civilization that existed long before intelligent life on Earth started. Even if they are still around, they probably won't be by the time they get some kind of response.
The best chance is coming across some ancient version of the Voyager prove. Just enough that it proves we're not alone, but not enough to actually do anything about it
It’s foolish to think there is t any other form of life out there just considering the size of the universe.
Whether said life is intelligent, especially space-faring intelligent, is the big question.
That's not that much of a stretch, though. The way things are going, we'll probably have indefinite lifespans before we have major colonies on other planets.
I like the idea that intelligent extra terrestrial life knows we can’t be trusted, and has blocked our views of them.
Maybe that’s what dark matter is—or artificial red shift—to make us feel hopelessly far from the rest of the universe.
The asteroids and meteors in the article could be lobbed by pranksters and that was the only object they could get through the curtain.
I don’t really believe any of this but it’s fun to imagine.
What’s more likely is the Dark Forest phenomenon as laid out in the Three Body Problem. Basically, it’s an existential threat to be seen by extraterrestrial life, so it’s best to keep quiet.
More than likely a case of the best defense simply being to avoid offense, but to continue to contain or ahem farm us, almost like pets lol
That's as likely as saying Santa and the Easter Bunny are real, but magically make everyone forget once they stop being kids and implant false memories in the adults who think they bought the presents or hid the eggs themselves
But my mom doesn't remember any presents she didn't buy.