&gt;&gt;This is science fiction, not an argument. We have no rational reason at the moment to believe this is the case, or even possible.<p>There are not only rational reasons, but even evidences to support what I&#x27;m trying to say.<p>Look at any insect colony or bacteria, they don&#x27;t even recognize our presence, let alone our technology.<p>&gt;&gt;What we do in fact have is an increasing trend towards efficiency. Projecting that out along crazy growth curves suggests that advanced aliens are likely to be more horrified by such a waste of negentropy than we are.<p>We the advanced aliens to ants, are indulging waste and plastic pollution like never before. And ants the aliens to bacteria might appear the same.<p>Efficiency and waste are very relative terms based on what level of abundance or austerity on is supposed to live on.