Humans want to reach for the stars, why do we need change?

Humans are fascinated by the stars and how our planet revolves around the Sun and how our solar system interacts with the galaxy. Especially the idea that there might be alien life outside our planet, seems to be fascinating for many. It is the origin of many Hollywood movies, but sadly with the depiction of hostile aliens. We gaze up to the stars expecting to find amazing things on exoplanets and other being or entities. We cannot start to imagine what is up there and thus we want to find out. So if we start to explore the stars and exoplanets, then can we expect aliens out there and are they friendly?

Are there aliens?

In our galaxy alone, there are billions of stars with every star potentially having planets. For the sake of argument if every star has an average of 4 planets around them, then what is the change of having life. Say on 0.01% has life, then there would be 4*1,000,000,000*0.01% = 400,000 planets with life. And if only 0.1% of those planets with life have intelligent life, then there still would be 400,000*0.1% = 400 planets per 1 billion planets with intelligent life. This means there is a good chance that there are planets with sentient beings who eventually in there evolution have been looking up to the stars and think what is up there? And as they might have evolved thousands or millions of years before us, then there obvious will be aliens with more advanced technologies who already have reached for the stars. In this perspective Earthlings have just put the first step on the galactic evolutionary ladder. And with their advanced technologies they most likely can scan the universe for abnormalities indicating life. This means that they already have detected our presence within the galaxy.

They know what we think

Intelligent aliens for sure would use reasoning and logic in any form for making up their minds. We humans in almost all cases use emotions to make up our minds, but many decisions made with emotions such as love or fear are wrong decisions. And so logic dictates that aliens would have evolved out of emotional decision making into logical decision making. And it is with this logical thinking that they will judge other species such as Earthlings. The most basic method for aliens to see if other species are benign or hostile is by looking at how they treat their own species. Benign species treat each-other with dignity, equality and peace, but hostile species can use mass destruction weaponry on their own. If we want to reach for the stars and encounter them, then they simply scan our leaky brain and know how we treat our own kind. So aliens would know instantly that we are benign or hostile. They know what we think, just by listening to our thoughts.

Aliens are friendly

In their evolution, aliens would also have gazed up the sky with awe to know what is up there. But just like us, they would have had the fear as well to encounter species with hostile intent. And they actually might have encountered bad species as well and decided not to have anything to do with hostile species like that again. And thus they would search for alien life, in stealth. If they would find benign species, they would make first contact so that they can join them. But if they would encounter hostile species, they wouldn't make contact at all. So this means that there is a growing group of friendly aliens out there, and a small separated group of bad aliens. And as the good group works together then they have all the advantages. This means that the chance is very high that if we encounter aliens, then it would be with friendly intent.

Are we friendly?

How we act on Earth defines if we are considered benign or hostile. Many people believe in love and peace, and that would be the message that we should spread. But there are also people who only seek power and prospect for themselves, which in many cases results in war. And this is the signal that we send out to them. We are fighting each-other all the time and potentially can use nuclear weaponry. This situation as an act, can only be interpreted as hostile. And as we treat our own species like this, then aliens can only expect that we will treat them the same way.

We need to change on Earth already

As aliens will know, then there is no need for us to reach for the stars now. You only see the news about what happens on this Earth and how people treat each-other to understand that we need to change and must change now. If we want to meet aliens, then we need to make a very positive first impression. And that impression for sure would be a very bad one at this moment. The World has many crises with potentially nuclear war at our horizon. That must be prevented at all cost, as such an act will set us back into the stone age for sure. But if we stand up together and make a voice for Change then that could have an impact. And we need to change now, as - looking at the World events - time has run out!

How can we make a good first impression?

Institutions like NASA, UN as an example should stand up for equality and the same chances for everyone, and a World without poverty, homelessness, hunger. If these organizations only want to seek power, without changing the World as well for the better, then we still would make a very poor impression. It is amazing that we can land space aircraft's on the Moon, Mars or Venus, but we cannot help our own people from starvation and disrespect. So if we really want to make a good impression, then we need to change, and we need to change now. These and other organizations should work together in improving life on Earth for everybody first. And if in many decades we have our Earth in order, then we can reach for the stars making first contact with aliens.