Gregory's Server@gdinwiddie Only if the aliens are just reflections of us. Otherwise, aliens are really just that, alien. And as such, should be unknowable until we meet them.
For all we know they live in a post scarcity religious theology where every action is based on an expression of devotion of their god, which happens to be their uplifted neighbors from 30,000 years ago.
Note: That is still too human to be probable.