weathercat4 t1_ja3nly8 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 4:38 PM

I don't think you are truly appreciateing the extreme depth and scale of the universe.

There are hundreds of billions to trillions of galaxies in the observable universe to distances of billions of lightyears.

Consider this, civilizations on the other side of the milkyway wouldn't be able to see us yet. Out of potentially trillions of galaxies, just as you said they could see our galaxy but would have to wait millions to billions of years before they could see our civilization.

Pineapple_Incident17 OP t1_ja3peqk wrote on February 26, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Wow, you’re absolutely right, I hadn’t considered that. I sometimes feel like I’ve got a good grasp on the scale of things, and then realize my perspective is still incredibly skewed. Thanks for your insight!