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What of this possibility: Aliens and intelligent life-forms do exist at many levels of development, but no-one has discovered a way to travel the unimaginable d
by maximilian 17y ago
What of this possibility: Aliens and intelligent life-forms do exist at many levels of development, but no-one has discovered a way to travel the unimaginable distances of the universe. Even at near light speed travel, we can barely visit our own neighborhood in practical times.
- stcredzero 17y agoVisiting stars in "practical" times is one thing. Colonizing a galaxy is another. The latter can be done through hops of just several light years in a matter of decades, using technology we can already envision. Laser sails and fusion drives let a civilization like ours colonize a galaxy in the space of a few million years. Fermi's paradox stands.
- albertcardona 17y agoA million years ago, humanity's genome looked rather different. Is there any point in colonizing another galaxy with an alien species (i.e. ourselves, evolved)?
- stcredzero 17y agoIs there ever any point in a world subject to the laws of Thermodynamics? Is there a point to leaving the world intact for your grandchildren? The problem with your question, is that the consequences are far off in the future. So the likelihood of affecting policy decisions is just about nil.