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Re:Model predicts we're the only advanced civilization in th... by tjoff on Monday June 25, 2018 @11:00AM (#17392910)
> You certainly don't want to be in a galaxy where someone else does it first: if you can't coëxist with them, you're probably going to be wiped out.

Well, since the problem of even figuring out if you are alone is nontrivial why would you opt to do such a astronomical operation because of a hypothetical? We most certainly would not.

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Re:Model predicts we're the only advanced civilization in th... by raducu on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:18PM (#17393572)
On the assumption that all other civilisations are either hundreds of millions of years ahead or behind you; if they are hundeds of million years more advanced, they surely already know of your existance and if they had any hostile intentions you wouldn't even exist, while if they are behind you, they are at your mercy after you aquired all the resources in the galaxy.
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