At the scale of the galaxy, alien probes could have launched long before humans were even a thing.
Or if they had expected intelligent life, they wouldn’t know how intelligent the life would be. They could suspect equal intelligence to theirs.
In the chance that this equally intelligent life could capture this probe, self destruct may be the optimal strategy.
People are making the mistake of assuming an all knowing intelligent life-form. There are at least some feasible scenarios where alien craft could crash into earth.
At the scale of the galaxy, alien probes could have launched long before humans were even a thing.
Or if they had expected intelligent life, they wouldn’t know how intelligent the life would be. They could suspect equal intelligence to theirs.
In the chance that this equally intelligent life could capture this probe, self destruct may be the optimal strategy.
People are making the mistake of assuming an all knowing intelligent life-form. There are at least some feasible scenarios where alien craft could crash into earth.