I think we already have Bostjan, when looking at the advance of technology over the last century. There was always stories via Francis Bacon, John Dee, etc that man's evolution was being guided by outside forces. The Question is..is it for our betterment? Great Question. I love this kind of stuff... https://youtube.com/shorts/xSZl7paeetY?si=XbWBfgdowdHwvsne https://youtube.com/shorts/DixJNigPmWM?si=-MogYHy27OBEME-3

That's because extraterrestrial life is a source of entertainment. The whole topic of space exploration is very powerful. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) is a good example that grossed $2.07 billion worldwide. The topic is so popular, it has totally captured the imagination of Hollywood and cultures at large.

Well...let's talk about this a little. * First: space is big. Really big. Really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really big. So we've identified a few thousand extra-solar planets. But we've had radio communication for only a little over 100 years. How far have our radio signals gotten out into the Universe? Not very far. In fact: compared to the size of our galaxy, the area that our radio signals have reached is really, really tiny. So tiny, you can't see it in the typical pic of our galaxy. https://www.sciencealert.com/humanity-hasn-t-reached-as-far-into-space-as-you-think According to a 2021 article, our radio signals have only reached (at that time) 75 stars other than our own. That's 75 out of more than a billion stars in our galaxy. * And now consider the time scale. H sapiens (that's our species) has been on Earth for at least 300,000 years. And yet we invented radio communication only a little over 100 years ago. That means that we've been able to send and receive radio for far less than 1% of our species' lifetime. What are the chances that another intelligent species in our galaxy is also at the point where radio communication is used? And consider: we might ditch radio 100 years (or 200 years or whatever) from now for something superior. So: what are the chances that another intelligent species happens to be in exactly the same technological era - the radio communication era - that we are in? Remember: the Universe is about 13 billion years old, and our galaxy is about that same age. We are far more likely to detect the radio signals of a long-dead alien civilization than the radio signals of a civilization that is currently still using radio. * And what if those used-to-use-radio civilizations have "smartened up" and realized that it's not a good idea to advertise their presence with radio signals? Maybe other civilizations don't WANT to be found. Maybe there is a civilization out there that HUNTS DOWN other intelligent beings, and (so) the imagined super-advanced-technology beings are HIDING (from them and from us). * And maybe technologically-advanced (to our level or beyond) life is super-duper rare. Maybe only 1 in a trillion stars has a planet with such life. If so, there would be NO other technologically-advanced life in our galaxy, and (if so) we are at least MILLIONS of years away from receiving a radio signal from - for example - intelligent life in the Andromeda galaxy.