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including humans. Certainly they won't have as high an opinion of our societies as we ourselves do. Beyond any doubt, they will follow neither Islam nor Christianity. (They won't follow Buddhism either, but Buddhists are probably the least likely to care, and the most likely to accept aliens as they are.) Perhaps worst of all, with superior technology, they are certainly a threat militarily. Even if the aliens themselves came with only benevolent intentions, paranoia is certain to strike large numbers of people. (After all, some people are already paranoid, even without having met aliens with superior capabilities.)

Given how badly humanity is likely to respond to an alien introduction, I have to affirm that we are far from ready to make contact. Of course, we are powerless to make that decision, should alien explorers arrive. On the plus side, one would expect that an explorer would choose to observe us before introducing itself. In so doing, it might realize just how unprepared we are. Indeed - it would likely feel akin to the way you would feel if someone suggested that you walk down the streets of a backwater slum and introduce yourself to the first twenty people you met there, offering to take them home to dinner. Would you? Would the majority of people that you know? Would an alien?

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