The conquering alien civilization is more likely to be encountered than the pacifist one, if they have the otherwise same level of intelligence etc.
The conquering alien civilization is more likely to be encountered than the pacifist one, if they have the otherwise same level of intelligence etc.
Another assumption based on a human way of reasoning. We don't even begin understand how an Octopus perceives the world; neither do we know if they are on the same level of intelligence, because we have no methodology for comparing different intelligences; we can't even define consciousness.