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NachosMahdude t1_j1v2o2z wrote

But just a civilization that is just starting to go through their medieval period could be massively impacted by such a find, even if they wouldn't understand it. It would make them question their whole existence.

And I find it to be hilarious that if what we once did, ended up changing the history of another planet millions of years in the future rather than just burn up in a star in the distant future. Or actually somehow manage to land on a planet but that is just completely inhospitable.

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cerevant t1_j1v5xpl wrote

As we’re learning, a habitable planet like ours needs a gas giant like Jupiter to protect it from meteor impacts. That dramatically reduces the odds of Voyager hitting an inhabited planet.

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NachosMahdude t1_j1v77wq wrote

Yea there's a lot of factors.

Thinking that it would is truly absurd. But just the thought of it being found is amusing, I mean that must be literally the greatest shot ever made in the history of the universe. 😁

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