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Maybe aliens just aren’t interested in exploring or traveling. Maybe they reached space but upon finding it inhospitable, decided it’s not worth the trouble. D
by sholladay 2y ago
Maybe aliens just aren’t interested in exploring or traveling.
Maybe they reached space but upon finding it inhospitable, decided it’s not worth the trouble. Doing things because they are hard could be a uniquely human trait.
On the other hand, I’ve seen a UAP with amazing abilities. Maybe they are here already but aren’t in a hurry to say hello. Maybe they think we are too primitive to warrant communication.
Maybe their signals are all around us but we don’t have the means to detect or interpret them.
Maybe they only use lasers and fiber optics to communicate.
- stubish 2y ago*The Golden Age" trilogy by John C. Wright explores a future humanity where we have tamed the solar system, become as gods, and really can't be bothered with populating the galaxy because it isn't all that interesting compared to the awe inspiring realities of home. Apart from that one time required for an interesting plot. The solar system is pretty big.
- dTal 2y agoYou speak as if there's possibly one or two alien species. But there are hundreds of billions of planets in the Milky Way. Even if life is 1 in a million, we should expect hundreds of millions of life bearing planets. The place should by rights be teeming. What are the odds that none of them want to explore and colonize? Is this an evolutionarily stable equilibrium we find ourselves in?
- sholladay 2y agoI think that, given the scale of time and planets that could potentially be habitable, there is a high likelihood for the existence of many alien species. What I take issue with is the notion that it should be surprising that we haven’t detected them. There are so many reasons why they could be right in plain sight, not even trying to hide themselves, while still going undetected. Those explanations are under appreciated in my opinion.