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nuan_Ce t1_jcvdjbf wrote

actually i dont think there is any "contradiction between the high probability of the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life and the lack of evidence for such", space is just too big and our instruments not good enough.

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NerfSchlerfen t1_jd6tchw wrote

If there really are civilisations that have survived on the billion year time-scales of our universe, the fact that they're not clearly visible everywhere we look is a distinct choice they've made. Space is big but time is much bigger.

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Express_Artichoke383 t1_jd8i8wf wrote

True but the time our little brains have been able to potentially detect something is a tiny sliver of the history of the university right?

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