Model predicts we're the only advanced civilization in the observable universe

Re:Model predicts we're the only advanced civilization in th... by vidarh on Monday June 25, 2018 @07:44AM (#17391538)

Or maybe the value of colonising a planet relative to the cost just does't make it worth it by the time you have the technology to try.

Maybe every advanced civilisation ends up turning inwards to simulations rather than outwards. Maybe there are aliens all around us, but we can't notice them, because we're living in someones phone, in the latest top-hit: SimHumans5000.

There's quite literally an infinite number of possibilities where we're not alone after all, and part of the problem is that we don't just not know the values to plug into the relevant probability calculations, but we don't even know all the variables.

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Re:Model predicts we're the only advanced civilization in th... by raducu on Monday June 25, 2018 @10:46AM (#17392797)

An inwards turning civilization would be much more incentivised to collect all the matter they can since E=mc^2, and for them E is their lifespan.

For a civilization living for trillions upon trilions of years inside a simulation, intergalactic latancy is just a blink of an eye -- they have no reason not to distribute their simulation across the galaxy.

All of the burning stars would be just lost time for such a civilization

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