How did this get on Hacker News? This is one man's opinion of what MIGHT happen within some vaguely specified time in the future, and it's quite a bold assertio

How did this get on Hacker News? This is one man's opinion of what MIGHT happen within some vaguely specified time in the future, and it's quite a bold assertion. There is overwhelming evidence that the chances of us detecting alien life with our current radio telescopes (or even ones 10x as powerful) is slim to none. We're just beginning to scratch the surface of our own galaxy, but there are countless billions more. I suspect that if we ever do detect alien life (if it exists at all), it will be many, many generations from now when we might possibly (hopefully) have a collaborative effort towards a global space program with a lot more focus than current space programs are getting today.