<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I suspect that most if not all intelligent alien species would be as aggressive and violent as humans are. Competition and violence is at the root of life, at least for evolved life. It may be the case that some alien life that is itself created by an intelligence will be benign by design.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 18, 2022, at 4:20 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=""> we have only one </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">another to be kind to, or to receive kindness from--billk</span><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">If aliens observed how kind we were to each other I don't think they'd like to meet us. How many of us actually practice forgiveness? If you asked the average person if they had a grudge against someone, how many would say None! bill w</span></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 3:13 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Starts With A Bang — November 11, 2022 Ethan Siegel<br class="">
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We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind<br class="">
astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?<br class="">
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<<a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/stars-astrophysicist-feel/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/stars-astrophysicist-feel/</a>><br class="">
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We are all limited creatures, struggling to make the right decisions,<br class="">
find meaning to our existence, and to leave the world a better place<br class="">
than we found it. Yes, there’s no evidence that there’s anyone out<br class="">
there watching over us, looking out for us, or coming to save us from<br class="">
ourselves. But there’s something tremendously hopeful about that, too:<br class="">
it means in all the Universe, as far as we know, we have only one<br class="">
another to be kind to, or to receive kindness from. Whenever I reach<br class="">
that point, as I look up at and ponder the vast expanse of deep space,<br class="">
I know it’s been time well-spent.<br class="">
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Inspiring article!<br class="">
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BillK<br class="">
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