if you could pick one person to represent all of humanity...

[?????]

I would pick Ghandi.. why the fuck not?

[snorkel]

I would pick Ghandi.. why the fuck not?

because he was an idiot?

[?????]

because he was an idiot?

How? I don't see how he wouldn't make a good ambassador. He'd make us look good.. right?

[spaceman]

Vladimir Lenin

[?????]

Vladimir Lenin

But Vladimir Putin looks so much cooler

[YPrrrr]

Any of these:

Saladin
Budda
Pope John Paul II
Gandhi
Dali Lama
Einstein

My top choice would probably be Frederick II of Prussia because he believed in religious toleration and was a fan of the arts and philosophy, while also being a capable military ruler. A balance of these traits seems idea especially when one does not interfere with the other

[the shortest route to the sea]

That is a very well-informed and considered choice. But could he inspire as many as Gandhi did?

[?????]

That is a very well-informed and considered choice. But could he inspire as many as Gandhi did?

That doesn't mean he wouldn't be a good ambassador, just means he was more popular.

[Hiro]

[you]

[the shortest route to the sea]

That doesn't mean he wouldn't be a good ambassador, just means he was more popular.

I'd like the aliens to see this man and say: "Here is the embodiment of human spirituality and community turned into an activist momentum. Here is what makes the humans good, brings them together and gives them purpose without mindlessly killing each other."

Let's face it; if there are aliens we make contact with, they will be technologically superior to us, and thus capable of blowing us up if it's clear that we're a rabid bunch of apes.

[Hiro]

If we find aliens they'll likely be giant shrimp with dog legs

[?????]

Why the hell do they have to be superior? What if we're equals? Anyways, yeah I see what you mean.

[the shortest route to the sea]

If the aliens used radio waves to communicate, or in fact any sort of wave, we would pick it up if they were in any reasonable distance. They're are no such signals, thus they gotta be far. To assemble a group of ships, detect us, and fly here would take a lot of resources and planning, as well as interstellar engines and fuel techniques that we don't have. Their superiority is a necessity of contact, until we get our own ships properly up and running.

[Nyerp]

your mother

[Samus Aran]

i did not expect nearly this many serious responses