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mrwaxwave t1_j6k75ee wrote

It’s also possible we are a fluke and literally no other intelligent life exists anywhere in the universe and never will again for a long long long time

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nickeypants t1_j6kbum0 wrote

Also possible, yes, but not even close to equally probable.

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Anonymous-USA t1_j6kc2fs wrote

The universe has a long long long time to wait

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mrwaxwave t1_j6m083g wrote

That’s true, but we don’t know enough to say it’ll ever happen again. We just don’t. People say “surely it MUST happen again” but basically the universe and other life is Schrödinger’s cat. Or… Schrödinger’s Alien?

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