Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-220 hours agoIf earth encountered a snobby alien race that looked down on us for being barbarians, and appreciated only fine art, would the entire planet immediately start pretending they are sophisticated?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIf earth encountered a snobby alien race that looked down on us for being barbarians, and appreciated only fine art, would the entire planet immediately start pretending they are sophisticated?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-220 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·edit-224 hours ago barbarians Their assessment would depend heavily on chance: Which continent do they look at? For your question, would we be pretending, it is the same.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoFor the aliens, barbarian is considered predominantly rasicst people. So most the world is considered barbarians.
Their assessment would depend heavily on chance: Which continent do they look at?
For your question, would we be pretending, it is the same.
For the aliens, barbarian is considered predominantly rasicst people. So most the world is considered barbarians.