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This presupposes an advanced alien civilization only sends out probes to places they find interesting. I think it is just as plausible that an advanced civiliz
by StanislavPetrov 4y ago
This presupposes an advanced alien civilization only sends out probes to places they find interesting. I think it is just as plausible that an advanced civilization would just shoot out a billion probes at random to zoom through the universe collecting data.
- namrog84 4y agoTo compound this. Its not unreasonable to think said probes could find appropriate asteroid belts with appropriate materials(e.g. metals) mine them and replicate more and send them out. Potential exponential growth of drones across the galaxies.
- htrp 4y agoTo compound this. Its not unreasonable to think that malfunctioning probes could consume entire solar systems to create more probes before eventually engulfing the galaxy. aka the VN Berserker hypothesis