Our Nature, Our Burden

That "Star Trek" future? It'll never happen. Humans don't have it in us. 

Why do I say so?

Let me start at the beginning of the thought that led me down this path:

Humans want to believe they're ready to meet alien civilizations, and they can't even countenance each other, or domestic species that don't look like them... or have more then 4 appendages, or think they're better than.

Imagine the UFO door opens and a human sized spider emerges to greet the representatives of Earth... who run away screaming, shouting "kill it with fire!"

I think it's better that any alien nations watching our combative uncivilized species, keep on doing it from a safe distance. 

The Human Race Is A Psychopath

Thought for the day: psychology hints at serial killers starting off with a loss or absence of empathy for others, and then working up to torturing and killing animals, before culminating in the torture or killing of humans. Isn't it interesting that this is also true for humans as a species?