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Why wouldn't they want to attract the attention of lesser beings?

> Why wouldn't they want to attract the attention of lesser beings?

Because they might attract the attention of greater beings.

Greater beings are nothing to worry about. They remain undetectable in order to preserve the lesser beings as long as possible.

>>Because they might attract the attention of greater beings.

As a life form we don't seem to be taking any precautions to 'hide' from others.

Why are assuming others would like to 'hide'?

It could very well be that the only civilizations that still exist are the ones that are good at hiding. All the others (even if they are the big majority) might have been destroyed after giving a signal of life/existence.

I'm guessing that it's not unlike why we don't leave food out when camping in bear country. If the bear realized what we were doing (hiding food from it), then it would surely come to the bear conclusion that our behavior was unreasonable, but we know better.

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