Hey guys, what are your thoughts on the existence of extraterrestrial life and the potential involvement of governments in concealing or studying such entities.

  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    existence of extraterrestrial life

    Absolutely certain

    and the potential involvement of governments in concealing or studying such entities.

    Completely absurd.

    The Fermi Paradox is only a paradox if you apply a ludicrously unjustified value to the last figure in the Drake equation.

    Technological civilizations are very likely self-extinguishing simply because technological power grows faster than any evolved species capacity to apply that technology to the benefit of the species.

    Only way out of that would be that bio life is just a bootstrap for machine life and machine life just isn’t that interested in interacting with biological life so we’ll never see or hear from it.

    • LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      I think that we may simply be among the first civilisations to reach such a technologically advanced point. By the time a species gets tech that can destroy their civilisation, i reckon they would most likely have also made a broadcast of some sort, either through radio or light or whatever else.

      Granted, there’s no real way to know any of this, us being the first is just what I reason is the most likely answer.

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      7 months ago

      you cant know that for sure from a sample size of 1.

      sure, humans are doing it but thats all we can truly say.