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Ok, heres a bit of a thought.
Lets say we come across a species on another planet with sort of society or tools. Like, a species with simple hand tools, technology like swords and spears, or something like ours or more advanced then ours.
If we happened upon this, how should we react in your opinion?
Should we try to make contact and establish peace?
Should we take them and study them against their will?
Should we consider them a threat and wipe them out?
What do you think. Note, this is if the species is similar to us in like wise of technology.
Also, another part would be all types of life on other worlds if you want to be more general.
I think if we discovered another species, we should try to have a peaceful contact with them. First, we should try something like radio contact. I say this because face to face contact can be VERY dangerous. If we recall when settlers came from Europe to The Americas, the brought many diseases with them that killed a great deal of the natives. Once we find out about what might those diseases are, we can try to meet face to face. We should try to gain from each other. Learn, create, share, co-exist.
As for lower forms of life, I suggest we try to do observational studies and try to preserve species.
This is my opinion anyway, whats yours?
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Are you kidding? You may be cool enough to make peaceful contact but man in general kills anything he doesnt understand, or fears, especially if they were more advanced. Man would feel threigtened and destroy to the best of his ability. If it was an inferior or less advanced race man would dominate, controll, suppress it etc. If it was complacent enough to all the control (like the general public) it'd be allowed to live in order to serve the purpose of those in charge (just like the general public again).