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That time between destruction is the question. If it is a sufficiently long time, there should be many intersections of civilizations that are good enough to e
by m3kw9 6y ago
That time between destruction is the question. If it is a sufficiently long time, there should be many intersections of civilizations that are good enough to explore and life that is just starting or in the middle.
- f6v 6y agoEven though the chance is astronomically low, I find the idea of humans being the first intelligent species in the observable universe quite entertaining. You know how there’re always those “elders” - ancient species - in sci-fi? They usually are the first to build civilization and every other species finds and uses the remnants of their tech.
- krapp 6y agoThe question is, assuming we live long enough, will we turn into the Vorlons or the Shadows?
- pontifier 6y agoNo idea who those are, but assuming humans move both ways around the galaxy we are unlikely to recognize ourselves when we meet on the other side.
- krapp 6y agoSorry, it was a reference to the science fiction tv show Babylon 5. The Vorlons and Shadows were two "elder" races who took it upon themselves to shepherd the evolution of less advanced species (whether they wanted it or not,) with one having the philosophy of authoritarianism, and the other a sort of brutal, chaos-driven Darwinism.