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Re:There Probably Have Been Aliens by jaymzcampbell on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:32PM (#13463927)
You are describing the Fermi Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox - there is a lot of interesting reading on that Wiki page.

The usual response I think is that the timescales and distances involved are simply still too big / spread out that we're still searching for the metaphorical needle in the haystack.

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Re:There Probably Have Been Aliens by eponeponepon on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:37PM (#13463961)
It's also perfectly conceivable that we do just happen to be the first. Looking less likely with every advance in astronomy, but still possible nonetheless.
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Re:There Probably Have Been Aliens by donatj on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:35PM (#13463942)
I think people tend to push way way too optimistic numbers into the Drake equation. I would gander the jump from "life" to multicellular organisms to be one in a million times that life forms.
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