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> that's very bad news for us It would actually be great news. Your argumentation is sound, but in reality there either is a big filter ahead of us or there is
by Sebb767 3y ago
> that's very bad news for us
It would actually be great news. Your argumentation is sound, but in reality there either is a big filter ahead of us or there is not, this will not change at all when we find alien life. Instead, this would actually give us a solid hint as to which reality we are living in, increasing our chances to pass the filter.
- awb 3y ago> increasing our chances to pass the filter Why would this be the case? I think OC's point is that if the universe is teeming with non-interstellar life, then the great filter will be life's ability to spread beyond its host star, or something before that. But we already can assume that based on the lack of interstellar visitors. We'd need to discover evidence of extinct life and surmise their end to narrow down what the great filter might be and therefor have a better chance of surviving it.