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Yes, and noted with thanks.

• andsoitis 9mo ago
  You're welcome. I see you're more optimistic :-) I will add that "not alone" also implies we are able to be aware of "them" as they currently are, not billions of years ago. Put differently, if we discover signs of a civilization OR even traces of something akin to life, but we cannot validate they still exist, we are still alone.
  • keepamovin 9mo ago
    Fair enough and that’s an interesting situation nonetheless. In some ways emotionally, I’d prefer the archaeological previous advanced civilization discovery that both confirms: We’re not alone in the extent of time, but we don’t really have anything else to consider in the present, so we can study and learn from something static. Though I feel, optimistically, I guess, that the reality is more dynamic than that.
    • keepamovin 9mo ago
      that said a dynamic present is pretty fucking interesting and exciting. If it’s all dead, it’s kind of sad and forboding for us as this civilization. But if there’s others out there now that’s so cool and imagine the opportunities for learning interaction and trade science spirituality society it’s just such a cool idea.