The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life

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deskpro2k3 said:
If extraterrestrial intelligent life exist and if they can travel between the stars; why would they talk to us earthlings? We don't stop to have a conversation with a caterpillar. I'm just sayin, the reason we haven't communicated with aliens yet is because we're not smart enough and civilized yet.

While not having any intelligent extraterrestrial Lifeforms is mathematically improbable, such perfectly livable planets like Earth are still pretty rare.

Also, wouldn't you in their position be curious to know what we had to offer, even if we where millennia behind in development?