[LibWhacker]

A friend of mine told me all they do is stand around and talk about how smart they are, lol.

[RightWhale]

Some do, it's true. Many, however, are real people you would be happy to know and to hang out with from time to time. If we ever meet ET, I expect they will be people like us. Maybe not human, but creatures with the same existential angst and some will be Mensans on their home planet. Some ETs will be intellectual snobs, and some will be regular people in 6-legged spacesuits.