Originally Posted by DonovanTrent

The reason why that isn't feasible is because we consider ourselves alone in the universe (the bible tells us so), so we have to divide amongst ourselves. If, all of a sudden, we learned there were 12 other civilizations out there besides us, it would be much more likely that all the humans would unite with each other.

Until then, we get to listen to blowhards on all sides bicker and scream falsehoods about the other side.