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minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·20 hours agoYou are missing something: maybe the next “neighbor” civilization is in Andromeda or even farther. There is A LOT of space in the universe.
minus-squareSpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoI would be very surprised if it was that far away to be honest. They estimate there are likely trillions of planets in our own galaxy now. For us to be the only one would be absurdly unlikely.
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoI didn’t say life but civilization. I’m sure life is in the Milky Way and not that far.
You are missing something: maybe the next “neighbor” civilization is in Andromeda or even farther. There is A LOT of space in the universe.
I would be very surprised if it was that far away to be honest. They estimate there are likely trillions of planets in our own galaxy now. For us to be the only one would be absurdly unlikely.
I didn’t say life but civilization. I’m sure life is in the Milky Way and not that far.