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by keithgabryelski 3996 days ago
there is no reason to believe intelligent extraterrestrials will be at all polite -- predators and scavengers are the best guesses

or to put it in the words of Zoe:

If we meet aliens they will probably rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing – and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order

1 comments

Interstellar (Nolan) and Fiasco (Lem) - juxtaposition is thought provoking and sad conclusion for me is Lem (and you) might be right.