Haha this is a scene in inside out 2

I knew someone would link this to 3 Body. The book’s take on aliens vs humans is pretty realistic IMO.

Nobody wants to die. It takes a lot for someone to risk death to make a statement. It’s a feeling I will never be able to fully understand because I’m not there living this reality with him.

Another way of putting it — saying “be smarter” is like telling a minimum wage worker to stop spending money on lattes and they’ll become rich.