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I agree with your comments, but...
Hank — (archived)

there is enough info on the Voyager (Or is it Pioneer?) craft to allow "them" to find us.

Inscribed on the cover to the golden disk is a pulsar map of the galaxy with rotational frequencies for these objects, allowing them to ID the pulsars and determine the time of launch (from the known spin-down rates). It would be, in principle, possible for an astronomically sophisticated civilization to work backwards and calculate the star of origin.

Still, I don't see any practical reason for anyone to come here and conquer us, even if it was technically possible to do so. What I do fear is paranoia. It cannot be ruled out that an interstellar species might consider the existence of any intelligence other than its own a possible rival and a potential danger. When you find a big spider in your house, or a snake in your yard, do you look it up to see if it's poisonous, or do you just kill it on the spot?

Most humans would snuff the critter without a second thought.

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