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Even if life abounds throughout the universe. It would still be the rarest of resources. Our pale blue dot, while visually inseparable from millions of other pale blue dots is emitting radio waves like a minor Pulsar. We would stand out like a sore thumb to some alien radio telescope. I would hope that the aliens , observing us through that radio telescope . Given that they possessed the means of interstellar flight would come here in the interest of discovery, science and the welcoming hand of peace and brotherhood of fellow living creatures. Or they would eat us.

Thank you - although I was hoping to fly under the radar for a bit. Quite the big shoes to be following Tirademan's work in finding the old articles and Gigantor's work curating some of them.

Actually. They've probably always been visiting here

Well written. I'm of the firm belief that life is the most precious gift in the universe.

^^^ Not a radio-astronomer, but I read somewhere recently that radio and television waves degrade significantly with distance. At one light-year, they're 1/2 strength, at 2 light years, 1/4 strength, and so forth to the point where at any likely distance that there is other intelligent life, our TV and radio signals are indistinguishable from background noises. Thus, it is unlikely that the Thermians are watching reruns of Gilligan's Island and thinking that it's Earth's cultural history. Even if a species were flying by in an advanced spacecraft, would they bother to stop? On a hike, do we stop at every anthill and try to communicate? Unfortunately, I think its far more likely that they would strip mine the planet or demolish it to make way for an intergalactic on-ramp (and no, I didn't find that book particularly funny).