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Originally Posted by DrWho
Only slightly more thorny would be the scenario if the planet had intelligent life, but less technically developed then we are. What would happen? I think it would be inevitable that native species would cease to be, in time. It's not that we would kill them all in some kind of bloodthirsty war, but as our colonies grow and expanded, the natives would slowly retread and decline. It's what happens when an invasive new species takes hold of a new environment, even if it has the best of intentions...
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Or they would come and contaminate us.
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