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I think there is a theory that we’re not seeing any aliens simply because life on Earth started so early.
by baxtr 10mo ago
I think there is a theory that we’re not seeing any aliens simply because life on Earth started so early.
- ssl-3 10mo agoOr there are many planets with life, with each harboring their own equivalent to our sharks. (And none of those shark-equivalents have developed a space program.)
- baxtr 10mo agoThat would be unfortunate. I’d love to see some space sharks!
- ssl-3 10mo agoWe'd almost certainly find some way to kill them if we ever ran across any of them. We're pretty good at accomplishing things like that. One day, there's some space sharks swimming in a sea of liquid helium and doing deep dives to get to the smaller creatures that devour the seabed of diamonds. The next day, we're figuring out how to use space shark squeezings in our fusion reactors. Unless, of course, the space sharks figure out how to kill us first. They will probably try if that's useful to then. It's the circle of life.
- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago> We'd almost certainly find some way to kill them if we ever ran across any of them There is a credible argument that what the literature terms genocidal tendencies—where conflict isn’t resolved when it ends, but when the enemy is destroyed—is a precondition for conquering a world. So if we met space sharks, barring enlightenment, they’d probably seek to destroy us, too.
- computerex 10mo agoThere is life, then intelligent life like humans. Plus you have physical constraints like the speed of light.
- alex1138 10mo agoI would love a "chatty" universe like Mass Effect but the problem is we'd probably be fighting Reapers
- readthenotes1 10mo agoLight is slower in water. I think that explains why we are still waiting
- BurningFrog 10mo agoI think this is clearer: Since we're not seeing any aliens, life on Earth must have started very early.
- simmerup 10mo agoIt’s more inaccurate as it’s stating an assumption as fact