Your concept is based on the intelligence of life forms being based on the length of its existence; ameoba have existed for millions of years on earth and are no more intelligent, on the whole, or threatening than they were at inception. For all we know, there are no "nearby" complex intelligent life forms. If there are, and given how long it has taken Voyager to arrive at the distance it is now, there is no certainty they are any more developed than we are in terms of the necessary technology to "shortcut" the vast distances or to have weaponry to do us any more harm than we could do to ourselves. Additionally, our human construct of "hostile" alien races is more based on our own human rapaciousness as evidenced by our own history than by any known indicators. It is always amusing to hear of the possiblity UFOs already reported over the decades are "hostile"; if a race capable of solving the technological obstacles or faster-than-light-speed is indeed visiting us on a regular basis, they are also technologically capable of devastation greater than any we can cuurently unleash against them in defense of our planet; that there has been no harm done by the UFOs would tend to indicate their intentions are benign...
Now, where is my "How To Serve Man" book?...
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