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that said, the likelihood of there being _no_ filter is still lower than the others. if we detect life so near to us and _yet_ we still have yet to encounter l
by catwind7 6y ago
that said, the likelihood of there being _no_ filter is still lower than the others.
if we detect life so near to us and _yet_ we still have yet to encounter life from another planet means there's likely still _some_ kind of filter. So I don't think the likelihood of no filter is high if we detect life
- majkinetor 6y agoRather then apocaliptyical filter, the most probable reason is that space is so wast that even if advanced life was common, chance of meeting/observing one would be next to 0. Think about our civ living on a sand grain in the desert - the chance is almost 0 to encounter another civ living on sand grain on random desert location no matter how advanced your tech is.
- catwind7 6y agoyikes - that's true, we could still move life beyond earth and still never meet another civ. I didn't realize this at first but I was conflating the two