Extraterrestrials will attempt to destroy our civilisation for our planet and its resources

The Fermi Paradox- You refute the Fermi Paradox by arguing what is essentially The Rare Earth Hypothesis. The rare Earth hypothesis only helps my argument though. If these planets with intelligent life are so rare then we are extremely unlikely to be harvested for resources. Space travel is expensive. It is far more likely that Intelligent aliens would harvest resources from a planet significantly closer to home. I can't see why they would colonize Earth either when it would be far easier to colonize a closer planet that has all the benefits of Earth but without the hostile sentient creatures on board. " We also have no reason to assume anything about the population of the Galaxy. " But, you just argued The RARE Earth Hypothesis. " Why would that rule out the possibility of hostility" If an intelligent alien species interacts with us I believe it is far more likely they will be hostile, and for the reasons I have given. You have to prove a specific type of hostility to win this debate. If the hostility is come here and straight kill us all, then I win. The specific type of hostility you chose to prove is Hostility for useful purposes such as taking Earth resources. The type of hostility I'm arguing for is a kill our whole species in a preemptive strike type. Alien colonization strategies- Strategy one given by pro- Step 1- kill all humans Step 2- send additional ships in to harvest for resources Problems- the biggest issue with this is the fact that an alien civilization would have to travel past other planets with the same resources as Earth to get the Earth' s resources. Even if space travel is relatively cheap which it's unlikely to ever be, then you still have the problem of too much energy being used to collect resources. Why have battleships destroy sentient beings in a targeted way. If the goal is killing potential threats the targeted way of killing sentient beings would certainly be more expensive then non targeted destruction, which would destroy all the planets resources. If resource collection is the aliens primary motive then it makes little sense to target Earth instead of a closer planet to their home. Strategy 2 given by pro- Step 1- Seed life on Earth to later harvest us for trees etc. Step 2- Come to harvest the trees etc. Step 3- realize sentient hostile intelligent beings exist on Earth and they screwed up Step 4- kill all sentient life so the aliens can begin harvesting the Earth like was originally planned. Problems- The aliens have literally waited billions of years to start harvesting. This long stretch between seeding life and harvesting the non sentient life is ridiculous. I can't believe any intelligent species would have the patience to wait a billion years before harvesting. Exspecially since they could have harvested it way before now. " I don't know of any evidence of this grand claim " Evidence- 1. The holographic universe- the universe is a holograph. . http://onswipe.com... 2. Uncertainty principle in quantum physics- when we view something it acts different then when we don't view it. . http://en.wikipedia.org... 3. DNA resembles a computer program. . http://ds9a.nl... " It is a purely hypothetical theory that has no pieces of evidence behind it. " This is a debate that is purely hypothetical and when discussing the types of Alien contact that might be made with our species only hypothetical arguments can be made. Besides I have connected some evidence to the hypothesis just to show its not something completely absurd I just pulled from thin air. " they could well also remove us from the simulation in favour of letting another civilization grow. " They could also turn our civilization into a giant porno. We aren't debating what's possible. We are discussing what's likely if aliens discover us. If aliens are to discover us then they likely already have. Given that they most likely already have, then we need to look at how they discovered us. This is why the simulated universe theory is on the table. If the universe is simulated, then aliens see us everyday they may even have a hacker communicate with us through a burning bush occasionally. The point is given the aliens seem to have a non interference policy when it comes to the simulated reality, then they are likely to maintain that policy. The one exception I can see to the policy is if the Earth is on the verge of some sort of intelligence explosion which would hurt the simulations memory. In this case the program is likely to automatically shut down or reset. We are more likely to be shut down then to be replaced by a new civilization. It's not enough to say that are civilization is likely to be replaced by another pro needs to also explain the alien's reasons for doing such a thing. Planet X theory- The planet X theory is the only one that could actually give pro's argument any credibility yet it is the one theory I propose that he most easily dismisses. It's a shame you dismissed my argument for planet X when you could have used what I said to lend your argument credibility. The only way an alien species would colonize Earth is if it was a planet like planet X that even though already refuted by the one person who should be Using that theory, that planet is the only one close enough to justify Earth being colonized while not spending a ridiculous amount of money to do so. Planet X is the only planet that wouldn't have to pass up other planets like ours with similar resources to get to ours. The aliens on planet X are the only possible alien species that would want to kill all humans while preserving other Earth resources.