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Independent-Cod3150 t1_ixdk3xz wrote

We have a very limited understanding of the first 3.5bn years of life on Earth. Nearly everything that can be studied is from the most recent 500 million years. There is insufficient data to extrapolate from.

It’s fun to speculate about the wider universe, but its all meaningless outside of fantasy. At the moment the question of life and civilizations beyond Earth is a black box that we’ve hung a mirror on.

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simcoder t1_ixdt7qp wrote

Well if there is a great filter out there, it's probably worth thinking about for our own sake if nothing else.

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