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Re:Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100,000 Nearby Galaxies by aceofpack on Saturday April 18, 2015 @07:19AM (#9399041)
I'm surprised Kepler wasn't mentioned. And what is a supercivilzation? Are we one of those?
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Re:Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100,000 Nearby Galaxies by bjz_ on Saturday April 18, 2015 @08:20AM (#9399180)
I thought they were talking about Type 2 and 3 civilizations. We don't even count as a Type 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

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Re:Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100,000 Nearby Galaxies by aceofpack on Saturday April 18, 2015 @11:19AM (#9399719)
Ah thanks for the link, not even type one! Some way to go then ;)
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