OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope

[Starhawk]

So what was Napoleon again I always forget? I mean he's always called a "French" hero but what was he really?

Anyway BTW the USA is not as bad as the EU lol or what the EU will be in ten years hehe

Seriously though I think aliens may have a harder time coping with US then we would with them, afterall we are a rather confusing lot go from one country to another in some cases and it's like going to an alien planet imagine how confusing that would be for an alien, unless of course that alien planet was just as screwed up as we humans are.

And that brings up another point why do we always assume any alien race we meet would be superior and unified I mean for all we know their tech just evolved along totally different lines, for example maybe their oceans are so destructive to materials or they have no oceans and went streight to designing "flying ships" which then evolved into space ships or something, for all we know they'd still use slug throwers or low power energy weapons that don't compare to "death rays" like seen in the movies.

And what if they are not unified but we ran into say a spaceship from Planet Goo's country A? Perhaps making a peace treaty with that would mean we'd be hostile to Nation B or C or they may have a NATO or UN (hope to God not the UN) style thing on their planet?

I mean advanced tech in one area does not by default mean all areas and does not mean Superior species.