I would in fact postulate that sufficient intelligent life would have moved beyond 3d/physical and would have exist in higher dimensions/virtually but hidden fr

I would in fact postulate that sufficient intelligent life would have moved beyond 3d/physical and would have exist in higher dimensions/virtually but hidden from sight. The way humans is trending certainly is going towards virtual/ augmented reality, virtual reality. In even 1000 years I can imagine direct brain implants for some reality augmentation. Also in 1000 years what other physics will we discover and able to manipulate? Certainly if we discover ways to manipulate actual reality, we will. With that said, this could explain why we will not detect life because we only had the technology to detect what we call life, and this window could be only 1000-2000 years before we moved beyond physical reality. So the chance that a similar intelligent life with similar tech era out of billions of years makes it almost nil. Both windows has to match.