gRR comments on Open Thread, May 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gRR 03 May 2012 04:46:35PM 0 points [-]

Such a scenario is certainly conceivable. On the other hand, bugs do not have general intelligence. So we can only speculate about how interaction between us and much more intelligent aliens would go. By default, I'd say they'd leave us alone. Unless, of course, there's a hyperspace bypass that needs to be built.