Sure, but that doesn’t matter to the alien observers, or anyone if they had the equivalent expertise and sensors. They can still gleam a super-intelligent equivalent amount of knowledge.
“or anyone if they had the equivalent expertise and sensors” includes humans on Earth...
e.g. a lone hunter-gather living in a cave for a long period, coming out to survey the world with the latest tools and then going back into their cave and lifestyle with only the results.
Sure, but that doesn’t matter to the alien observers, or anyone if they had the equivalent expertise and sensors. They can still gleam a super-intelligent equivalent amount of knowledge.
i’m not sure what you’re responding to. I don’t think I made a claim to which the behavior of aliens would be relevant.
“or anyone if they had the equivalent expertise and sensors” includes humans on Earth...
e.g. a lone hunter-gather living in a cave for a long period, coming out to survey the world with the latest tools and then going back into their cave and lifestyle with only the results.