[Trumpinator]

Then he said the question is, “Are they more advanced than us?” Imagine Earth 10,000 years from now. Now imagine it 1 million years from now. etc.

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We all assume progress is linear. But we on earth have seen progress collapse and dark ages arise. There is no guarantee that an older civilization would have uninterrupted technological progress.

[IC Ken]

Re>But we on earth have seen progress collapse and dark ages arise

Point well taken. When one looks at some ancient buildings I wonder what we lost in time. The knowledge they had of astronomy is unexplainable. What all did the ancients know.

[Williams]

Dark age wasn’t really that dark.