What if we find an Earth-like planet with intelligent life that is 500 years behind in technology and progress?
What would we do if we found an Earth-like planet with intelligent life that is 500 years behind in Technology and advancements? What if we find this alien, quasi-tech civilization, we humans develop some kind of faster-than-light Technology so we can go visit, Star Trek style ? How would we behave? What would we do if we found an Earth-like planet with intelligent life that is 500 years behind in technology and advancements? What if we find this alien, quasi-tech civilization, we humans develop some kind of faster-than-light technology so we can go visit, Star Trek style ? How would we behave? It sounds like a fun thought experiment, but it’s not really a question, but rather a whole nested set of questions about how to find extraterrestrial life, how to determine the presence of alien intelligence, how to determine the nature of that intelligence, and how we will study or even study it. We will try to make contact. There...