I don’t think we’ll do anything then—the aliens kill or quarantine us. If they’re weak, but somehow also smart enough to convince us of this (quibble: do they convince every human, or just some?), I suspect we’ll try to change our behaviors based on this new knowledge rather than destroying ourselves.
It’s possible that they only need to convince a minority of rich/powerful humans, who then destroy all humans. I don’t know if that qualifies for this question. Note that it doesn’t even have to be true, nor come from aliens: there’re always some humans doing things with a chance of mass destruction. I also don’t know if this qualifies for your question.
“Some people believe humans are net-negative for the earth, and later some people destroy the planet”. This is plausible, but not quite what you’re asking.
I don’t think we’ll do anything then—the aliens kill or quarantine us. If they’re weak, but somehow also smart enough to convince us of this (quibble: do they convince every human, or just some?), I suspect we’ll try to change our behaviors based on this new knowledge rather than destroying ourselves.
It’s possible that they only need to convince a minority of rich/powerful humans, who then destroy all humans. I don’t know if that qualifies for this question. Note that it doesn’t even have to be true, nor come from aliens: there’re always some humans doing things with a chance of mass destruction. I also don’t know if this qualifies for your question.
“Some people believe humans are net-negative for the earth, and later some people destroy the planet”. This is plausible, but not quite what you’re asking.
Ahh, the classic Tzer’Za vs Koh’Ar.