AlanEly

It's not just about options, it's about greed. England, France, Spain, Portugal and The Netherlands all had their colonies and between them, at one time or another, ruled other countries by right of conquest. But they wanted more, seizing Australia, America and stripping Africa of resources. Some of our species are currently killing off peaceful intelligent creatures, such as orang-utans, almost to the point of extinction and clearing their habitats, so that they can become disgustingly rich growing palm oil. My main question is, if technologically superior aliens came to Earth, would they be friends, or would they treat us as an inferior species and with the same contempt.

If a technologically superior alien race ever came to Earth, would they come in peace, or would they treat us, the way Europeans treated Native Americans, or Australian Aborigines? I feel, that it is safe to assume that their planet, would be older than Earth and they might have reached the stage, where their natural resources are rapidly running out. If so, their survival will depend on finding a new home. I read today, that NASA have just found 20 habitable planets, hiding in plain sight. In a few hundred years, when we become over populated if we manage to travel to these worlds and their inhabibants are more primitive than us, wouldn't we just take what we need?

Thanks Buffy. I think that is exactly what I was looking for. It will take awhile to work through but I guess there are no short-cuts. And thank you exchemist, for taking the time and effort to explain it to me. That is much appreciated

Thanks Farming Guy, I'll check that out. It's about 30 years since I did any real maths. I don't think I had any problem with differentiation. Not sure but I think you multiplied by the power and deducted one from the power. Was it used to straighten curves on a graph? Though I could be totally wrong. I just could never master integrals.

I am new to this forum. I was wondering if someone would be prepared to help me. I managed to just scrape through my Open University Mathematics foundation course quite a few years ago. What let me down, was I was never fully able to understand calculus. Specifically integrals. Does anyone know of an online idiots guide to calculus that might help me. Or I know it is a lot to ask, could someone put an easy to follow idiot-proof guide on here. Thanks in advance.