adbedient t1_iujtwqc wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Reply to comment by Aerosol668 in Why we don’t see aliens by Ggoods123

Indeed we could be; this is the view commonly taken by most- and is why there is confusion as to WHY haven't we been contacted yet- if there is other life in the universe it would certainly have contacted us, yes?

But what if we are the first "house" in the galactic "neighborhood"- and we just don't have any neighbors yet. It is just as plausible a theory as any other that's been put forth.

Aerosol668 t1_iuk0gek wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Advanced civilizations elsewhere wouldn’t even know we exist unless they’re less than 100 light years away. On galactic scales, that’s really close, yet so far away. It’ll take an age for us to be contacted.

Elsewhere in the universe, even just the next galaxy, won’t know we existed until long after we’re gone - unless we can can get off this rock, which seems unlikely.