Imagine that several hundred years in the future humanity became a spacefaring race and encountered aliens on another planet who had progressed to a 21st century level of technology. Which of the following would you think we should do?

Imagine that several hundred years in the future humanity became a spacefaring race and encountered aliens on another planet who had progressed to a 21st century level of technology. Which of the following would you think we should do? Published on 1 March 2017 → Survey conducted on 1 March 2017 on 7363 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Make contact and befriend them - it is our duty to help them advance

36%

Make contact and enslave them - they and their planet will be a useful resource

Make contact and exterminate them - aliens pose a threat to human existence

Not make contact and leave them be until they had advanced more - it would be wrong to try and affect their development

37%

Don't know

24%

Make contact and befriend them - it is our duty to help them advance

36%

Make contact and enslave them - they and their planet will be a useful resource

Make contact and exterminate them - aliens pose a threat to human existence

Not make contact and leave them be until they had advanced more - it would be wrong to try and affect their development

37%

Don't know

24%

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