The Argument "They would be far to advanced to want anything to do with us because of blank" holds no water for me. I've always held the theory that a particularly creative species would adapt whatever tech they find to their own purposes. Lets say Galactic Civ 1 exists for eons but dies out due to calamity or other misfortune Post Industrial Civ 2 who are on par with us now discover some left behind tech lets say it's an FTL engine of some sort. Civ 2 reverse engineers it and within 10 - 20 years they have their own FTL and any number of derivative Tech discoveries made along the way. Wouldn't that Civ still be relatively on par with us albeit with more advanced tech and still subject to the same impulses for exploration and discovery as we are today? This basic hypothesis is far more likely in my opinion than the traveling gods scenario, where they'd be to advanced to care. Because The Great Galactic Civ 1 would have left behind enough relics and trash over the eons for multiple post Industrial Civ' 2's to find and adapt. It's as good a theory as any.
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The Argument "They would be far to advanced to want anything to do with us because of blank" holds no water for me. I've always held the theory that a particularly creative species would adapt whatever tech they find to their own purposes. Lets say Galactic Civ 1 exists for eons but dies out due to calamity or other misfortune Post Industrial Civ 2 who are on par with us now discover some left behind tech lets say it's an FTL engine of some sort. Civ 2 reverse engineers it and within 10 - 20 years they have their own FTL and any number of derivative Tech discoveries made along the way. Wouldn't that Civ still be relatively on par with us albeit with more advanced tech and still subject to the same impulses for exploration and discovery as we are today? This basic hypothesis is far more likely in my opinion than the traveling gods scenario, where they'd be to advanced to care. Because The Great Galactic Civ 1 would have left behind enough relics and trash over the eons for multiple post Industrial Civ' 2's to find and adapt. It's as good a theory as any.