RE: Steem Basic Income Giveaway (Anyone out there?...)
I'm 99.99999% sure there is life outside earth, it only makes sense, the universe is almost infinite our minds can't even fathom the size of the universe, the probability of aliens not existing is very little if you ask me. The problem is that to contact them we have to wait for the transmissions to get to their planet and then back, that can take thousands of years, so the current systems to contact them aren't that good. And to travel to other planets it's even worse since galaxies are moving away from each other which means it will only take more and more time to travel to other galaxies.
If you ask me we need to focus on developing better tech while still trying to contact them. And yes, I think it's a good idea to contact them, any civilization evolved enough to do space travel ir probably a civilization of very civilized and peaceful beings that would help us on our struggles while still keeping us from destroying ourselves, which is the problem, if we had their advanced tech we would probably blow ourselves up pretty quickly.
That really does seem pretty sure! The communication lag time is a pretty serious problem... hopefully the light speed limit is able to be worked around, otherwise it is going to be a seriously lonely existence!
The idea of technology outstripping the wisdom to use it is an interesting idea, it has been suggested that part of the reason that we don't detect intelligent life is that the probability of aliens destroying themselves is pretty common!
The winners and the next SBI question (Cringe...) can be found here:
https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steembasicincomegiveawaycringe-aii9cuf7x7