There may be societies that harnessed electricity more than 1 billion years ago. Their understanding of the universe, would make ours seem like zero understanding. I think it would be folly for us to define their capabilities.
That is my point - if you accept that the odds are we are not alone - then defining what is possible for them is folly, given that there are likely to be societies much more advanced than ours.
“There may be societies that harnessed electricity more than 1 billion years ago. Their understanding of the universe, would make ours seem like zero understanding. I think it would be folly for us to define their capabilities.
That is my point - if you accept that the odds are we are not alone - then defining what is possible for them is folly, given that there are likely to be societies much more advanced than ours.”
And how does that relate to the UFO phenomenon of the last 70 years or so?
My point is that the statement that “the universe is so large, we must not be alone” is incompatible with the statement that “but there is no way that these aliens could get here.” One person cannot logically hold both these opinions.
If their civilizations are that old, then wouldn’t it be very likely that they, too, developed advanced AI which wiped them out? Thus, any visitors would be purely AI/Robotic, i.e., the “new” life form that replaced their wetware.