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I can't know what? That there are ~200 sextillion stars in the known universe? I'm not saying I know there's life out there, just that it would be pretty amazin
by suzzer99 2y ago
I can't know what? That there are ~200 sextillion stars in the known universe? I'm not saying I know there's life out there, just that it would be pretty amazing if something only happened once in 200 sextillion opportunities.
It's very possible intelligent life destroys itself fairly quickly after becoming industrialized. It's also possible that the technical challenges of doing something at a galaxy scale where we could see it from millions of light years away are insurmountable.
- thrance 2y agoI meant you can't know wether it's weird or not, n=1. Personally, I believe life is extremely rare. The more I learn about geology and biology, the more I think Earth and the Solar System are very special, and life appearing spontaneously is nothing short of a miracle. Now, my crackpot theory: I believe that if there are aliens civilizations out there, they are so far from us that the light from their achievements has not reached us. And if it had, then they would be here already, because they travel at roughly the speed of light in every directions. They would have colonized Earth, which would have prevented us from appearing. Thus why we can't see any aliens in the night sky.
- suzzer99 2y agoI think life is extremely rare too. But 200 sextillion is a big number.