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To: Red Badger

Suppose there ARE other beings out there...

Why is it always assumed that they would be way more advanced as we Are?


14 posted on 09/08/2017 12:16:19 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: joethedrummer
Suppose there ARE other beings out there…

Why is it always assumed that they would be way more advanced as we Are?

Assumed astronomical time frames are such that it is assumed that extraterrestrial life would either not yet be intelligent or have been intelligent for much longer than humans have. /evolutionthink

As a practical matter nobody is colonizing alien solar systems. Based on the (putative) impossibility of exceeding the speed of light, even to implement two-way communication is just too hard. And the payoff is hard to envision.


25 posted on 09/08/2017 5:57:26 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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