Not only do they need to exist at the same time as us, they also need to be close enough to make it feasible to travel here and they need to pick us from the countless options that exist. With the vastness of space and the immense timescales, I wouldn’t be surprised if we never get in contact with any other intelligent life at all, even if there’s plenty of it in the universe.
Also, I don’t believe that politicians and civil servants can keep something of this magnitude secret for many decades.
This presupposes that our understanding of space time is correct, our understanding of the limits of travel is correct, and that we’re done enough with the physics research tree to comprehend what other species with even just a million more years of existence than us could do.
This argument always comes down to whether or not you believe we’re near the end of knowledge or not.
While i appreciate your scepticism, i’m pretty sure the forward light cone is a well-understood concept that won’t change much in the future ever again. just my opinion.
I agree on UFOs, there’s something at the bottom of it all. There’s no way we’re alone in the universe
Not only do they need to exist at the same time as us, they also need to be close enough to make it feasible to travel here and they need to pick us from the countless options that exist. With the vastness of space and the immense timescales, I wouldn’t be surprised if we never get in contact with any other intelligent life at all, even if there’s plenty of it in the universe.
Also, I don’t believe that politicians and civil servants can keep something of this magnitude secret for many decades.
But, hey, I can’t prove you wrong. Who knows.
If there were aliens the USA would know. There is no way possible this dumbass president would not blurt it out on an interview.
This presupposes that our understanding of space time is correct, our understanding of the limits of travel is correct, and that we’re done enough with the physics research tree to comprehend what other species with even just a million more years of existence than us could do.
This argument always comes down to whether or not you believe we’re near the end of knowledge or not.
While i appreciate your scepticism, i’m pretty sure the forward light cone is a well-understood concept that won’t change much in the future ever again. just my opinion.
2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.
Every galaxy has 100s of billions of stars, some bigger ones have trillions.
I agree 100%. No friggin way we’re alone.