On a related note, here’s a paper by (Hugo award winner) David Brin that I came across recently that talks about why we do not hear communications from other li

On a related note, here’s a paper by (Hugo award winner) David Brin that I came across recently that talks about why we do not hear communications from other life forms in our galaxy. Not being found is a pretty good strategy for survival: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Brin/publication/234496344_The_%27Great_Silence%27_The_Controversy_Concerning_Extraterrestrial_Intelligent_Life/links/5468f0e30cf20dedafd0d529/The-Great-Silence-The-Controversy-Concerning-Extraterrestrial-Intelligent-Life.pdf?origin=publication_detail&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uRG93bmxvYWQiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbiJ9fQ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Brin/publication/...