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Somebody must be the first, though. It is worth noting that assuming that we're the first (or among the first) seems no less reasonable than assuming we're the
by jonathanstrange 4y ago
Somebody must be the first, though. It is worth noting that assuming that we're the first (or among the first) seems no less reasonable than assuming we're the only intelligent life. At least it seems like that to me, maybe I've missed some argument.
- bluGill 4y agoAll cases of this are astounding. No other life - astounding. Live, but none other intelligent - astounding. We are first, but there will be more - astounding. There is lots of intelligent life - astounding. We are the last - astounding.
- aflag 4y agoIt's not unreasonable to assume we are alone. We have no evidence that we aren't. For me that's the strongest claim. What I'm saying is that not seeing any evidence doesn't reduce the probability of no other intelligent life existing that much. There is still a lot of unknowns and we are sort of still in the early phases of the universe, all things considered.