I would only want any experimentation on the warping/tearing of any significant portions of space-time to be done FAR from earth, possibly even outside our solar system, i dont want the earth to collapse or the gravity in our solar system messed up.
And personally I think i'd go with option #3 when it comes to the Fermi paradox. Call me an optimist if you must, but there has been so much "documentation" about things like angels, abductions, UFOs, andcient drawings etc, to support atleast SOME arguement toward that position.
