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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by ravi-delia on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:25PM (#29400653)
If we're alone, I'd expect it to be because of our youth. Until the time of the solar system's creation, heavy elements really weren't that common. It would be surprising, but not crazy, if we were the first.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by duxup on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:13AM (#29400926)
Reminds me of this episode of Star Trek TNG

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_humanoid

The speech seemed very sad in a way.

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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @04:57AM (#29402313)
That's the age of life, not humans. Humans could easily appear a million years earlier.
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