Yes, they might have all gotten "great filtered" first. Wouldn't it be interesting if all the intelligent species in the galaxy got filtered, except humanity b

Yes, they might have all gotten "great filtered" first. Wouldn't it be interesting if all the intelligent species in the galaxy got filtered, except humanity b/c we're relative latecomers to evolution and development. Assume on most or all other habitable planets in the galaxy, the first species to develop was intelligent and capable of technology. But, all hit the Great Filter at the roughly same time and got wiped out. There was no chance for any of them to learn from the mistakes of the others, because they all got wiped out before they were able to detect and observe each other. But on Earth, the dinosaurs came first, and roamed the planet for millions of years while all these other species were developing and then getting great filtered. Then the dinosaurs went extinct, and humanity eventually evolves into a technological civilization, and is able to detect, study, and learn from the ancient ruins of the other civilizations. We get curious about why they went extinct, and then discover evidence of the Great Filter from their ruins, and thus avoid it ourselves.