[anoniuyiu33412]

I would suppose that longer the period, the weirder / dangerous the alien species are to us.

Think about some highly intelligent reptile predator species, with a taste for mamal meat.

Yeah, the creeps are there.

I think not everyone - not anyone - would be kind of having much of fun discovering we are not alone, in that case.

[krapp]

>Think about some highly intelligent reptile predator species, with a taste for mamal meat.

I mean, let's be realistic, we could still do business in that scenario. Maybe trade a few million tasty human popplers for a stargate or zero-point engine or something.

[anoniuyiu33412]

Exactly, why everyone would need two hands all their life?

[SauciestGNU]

Shit I have a bum leg, hook me up with some advanced prosthetics and they can eat their pulmonary organs out.

[throwaway743]

We probably would've already been taken out in that case. If this is about aliens, maybe they're chill dudes just observing. Maybe they're on vacation or doing research on the evolution of various civilizations across the galaxy/universe. Who knows? I just hope the reptilian scenario isn't the reality we face.

In any case, whatever we find out will likely be interesting, extraterrestrials or not.