The same could be said about your opinion, it’s probably a question that will not be solved in my lifetime, perhaps not in a 1000 years from now.
You make my point- time is a unknown variable, so if we let T equal less than 100k years or so, then the equation ( Drakes) is untrue, it would take a T of billions ( all unobserved of course, but trillions ( around 15)) is the magic number the “settled” scientists spit out…. How convenient, utterly a speculative guesstimation but wow, it fits the narrative answering so many question arising from the “God never existed” theory.
Time or God, How much faith do folks have? The hole in the ground with people running in mindlessly clip come to mind.
Drakes equation and Fermis Paradox just touch the tip of the issue- not a single variable of Drakes is validly observed. Fermis question of “where are they, then” is telling.
Oh, yeah, the death star theory (er, I mean Dyson sphere), where aliens build shells around whole solar systems to harvest energy and hide themselves- science or fiction, George Lucas or Dr. Dyson, which came first?
I apologize if I get somewhat sarcastic....
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