• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would posit a 3rd possibility:

    We already know our solar system is kind of at the ass-end of the Milky Way and distances to get here are VAST. So any intelligence with the capacity to get here would likely find little of actual interest here.

    So what advanced technology WOULD have a vested interest in a) studying our culture and b) maintaining as little interference as possible?

    Future humans. Somebody cracked time travel and, like good scientists, are studying their ancestors. Just like we use archaeology and paleontology.