[Roritharr]

Why exactly would you want to draw attention to us?

[lin_lin]

To show that we're bad-ass

[squarefoot]

IMO they already know. That's why they're waiting for us to evolve one more thousand years before contacting us.

[MrF3ynmann]

Wouldnt 'they' have evolved 1000 yrs as well? By that time their own current state of evolution would look even less developed given the exponentiality of evolution.

[squarefoot]

Perhaps we just need to stop being dangerous to other species and ourselves. Embracing the pursuit of collective goals would be a huge advance in our civilization level. Beyond that point athough less developed we could be accepted for not being harmful anymore.

[rgbrenner]

no.. you're assuming that other species develop technology at a similar rate, and that our current progress will continue at the same rate. Both are things we don't know.

There may be hard limits that stop development of technology past a certain point. Like Moore's law coming to an end, but one day we may not have any viable alternatives.

[scoates]

…not if they're moving faster.

[PoachedSausage]

Or waiting for us to evolve enough to provide good sport.

[draugadrotten]

Nah, they're fattening us up to be the intergalactic version of Wagyu.

[danek]

Or waiting for us to compute 42

[jacobush]

I said it would be interesting, not that it would be wise. :-)

Curiosity killed cat.