Ultima Thule
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One thing that always comes to mind when this topic comes up is how much we are conditioned to describe aliens and their relationship to us in human-centric terms. The whole idea of a protected reserve implies very human activities and motives, much like we have protected reserves here on earth that are governed by humans where animals and plants are allowed to exist in their natural habitat free from intervention. But is there any reason to think aliens are this similar to us? I think much of it probably comes from the natural tendency to explain things in terms that we already understand. But with aliens, anything seems possible.