[Pharmboy]

Yes...a possibility. However, in my little brain, I would think that if an intelligent civilization arose, say, 100,000 years ago, they would have figured out space-time travel and found us.

Or, then again, maybe they have observed us, taken one look at the democrats, and headed right back to Alpha Centauri.

[b_sharp]

"Yes...a possibility. However, in my little brain, I would think that if an intelligent civilization arose, say, 100,000 years ago, they would have figured out space-time travel and found us.

Or at least created self replicating space fairing machines that we would find evidence of. Trouble with that scenario is it assumes travel between galaxies would be as easy as within a galaxy.

"Or, then again, maybe they have observed us, taken one look at the democrats, and headed right back to Alpha Centauri.

LOL. Don't do that while I'm drinking please.

[crail]

100,000 years of intelligent space-faring civilization is a long time by comparison to us. All we've got so far is a few decades and we've come pretty close to blowing ourselves back to the stone age on a couple of occasions with all the new-fangled weapons we developed along the way. When you think about it, it wouldn't take that much to set this whole place ablaze, and it'll only get easier as more countries get bigger weapons. Some nutcase launches a missle, which causes the recipient to launch another, and then back and forth to destruction. Maybe we're coming up on a hump that advanced civilizations have trouble getting over... once every country has nuclear weapons. Smart enough to develop the technology, but still to stupid to use it correctly.