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That's covered on page 6: > Nothing in the above reasoning precludes the Great Filter from being located both behind us and ahead of us. It might both be extr
by ByteJockey 6y ago
That's covered on page 6:
> Nothing in the above reasoning precludes the Great Filter from being located both behind us and ahead of us. It might both be extremely improbable that intelligent life should arise on any given planet, andvery improbable that intelligent life, once evolved, should succeed in becoming advanced enough to colonize space.
- at_a_remove 6y agoOh good, I was wondering if I had missed it. I tend to think of the Drake equation as a series of hurdles, myself. It's unpopular but each level of "advancement" doesn't seem to be a given to me.