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Not to be too pessimistic, but there's no reason that there should only be one "Great Filter". There could easily be multiple astronomically improbable events b
by vichu 8y ago
Not to be too pessimistic, but there's no reason that there should only be one "Great Filter". There could easily be multiple astronomically improbable events barring interstellar civilizations from bearing fruition. It might be just as improbable for unicellular life to form as it is for unicellular life to beget multicellular life, so on and so forth.
- devoply 8y agoThe great filter exists at all times as cited by the fact that the longevity of a species does not guarantee their future survival. All life may die off at any time.
- bduerst 8y agoOr even reason to assume that exobiotic life is cellular, and needed to jump from singular to multi-cellular structures like ours did on this planet.
- andrewflnr 8y agoI mean, in principle, but that's probably like assuming that exobiology is carbon based. Carbon and cells are both really super useful.