How can we prepare ourselves for the first contacts with beings from other planets?

Question

I believe that it is only a matter of time that we will be visited by beings from another planet. Will they be hostile or friendly? Have we made any preparations for setting up communication with them? Do you believe in the "ant box" concept that we are some sort of toy or object of study by beings of superior intelligence? Do you feel that your country's scientists are already in contact with them?

Answer 1

The quick answer is, Who knows? But that's not good enough.

The question is beneficial, not necessarily because there is much chance of contact with "space aliens", but because there is another "close encounter" we desperately need: with ourselves, with other people and living beings on our own planet.
To live together, we must, as a species, learn to truly aspire to and respect things we so often pay only lip service to: human dignity, reason, intelligence, the love that understands interdependency of all people and life on earth, that does not send hate around if for no other reason that to avoid its coming back around to ourselves.

Meeting space aliens might happen. But so long as we can't stand the sight of a tarantula or a squid, nor emotionally regard its right to exist more than we regard our aversion to it, how will we be able to stand the sight, the odor, the ways and mannerisms of a "space alien"? A tarantula is woven of the same threads, the same strands of DNA, as a kitten.

Mankind has not advanced to the point of being able to accept and love his fellow humans, a minimal requirement, one would think, to going one step further and living in harmony in the universe with, perhaps, colonies of cockroach-like beings with collective intelligence or civilization, perhaps beings that look enough like us for the differences to be strikingly horrible; creatures that, perhaps, to our nostrils, emit disgusting odors, have ways, habits, and cultures that seem nightmarish and incomprehensible.

I know of no science fiction, produced in 200 years, that fully explores the yawning chasm that would lie between us and life that evolved separately from us, in different directions; the subtle horror we would feel in seeing "people" who appeared just enough like us to horrify us with their differences.

If there is a God who put the stars at virtually impossible distances apart, perhaps it is for a purpose. Life forms that cannot tolerate one another could, perhaps, never truly embrace a separately-evolved (or created) "space alien".

I think that, if a space ship landed and an alien stepped, crawled, or slithered out, extreme "racisim" and xenophobia would overwhelm us. "Take me to your leader?" No way! The first thing we would want to do is spray it or squash it-- and the feeling would probably be mutual!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I sometimes think about that stuff and I figure that we are part of something bigger and greater. I guess one day we will be contacted by other beings and I think the world will FREAK!! Caz a lot of people seem to only be in contact with the ones they know. I think it'd b cool to meet other beings, as long as they are friendly.

Answer 4

well we have to be prepared to NOT shoot at them right away. i think that will be the biggest hurdle for us. it's such an enourmous event with world altering implications. it would be very easy to take simple gestures from them as indication of hostility. at the same time, we also need to be sure we are prepared to defend ourselves. other than that, the best we could do would be to get the worlds best linguists to try and find some sort of comunication.

Answer 5

How can we prepare ourselves for the first contact? lol

Well, its kind of to late for that.

Have you ever heard of "The War Of The World" announcement? It was real.

Plus, there are proof in some old cave, old civilization showing visitor from out of space called the gods.

Answer 6

Look at our past when different groups met and figure out if we are the European or the native americans. Big difference in outcome