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wrangler · 3201 days ago · link · · parent · post: Prof. Stephen Hawking backs venture to listen for aliens
I've read this little lesson from some scientist a few times over the past couple years so I'll give it to you here. If there is sentient life out there currently it probably sees and hears and senses and communicates everything on a completely different level than humans. Also, with the time span of the universe, it could have been billions of years ago or will be billions of years in the future that even one alien civilization existed or will exist. I love space. I love science fiction set in space. I love the thought of having alien friends and counterparts. However, the realist side of me just says, "If there were aliens out there they wouldn't be so hard to find." And that, I'm afraid, is the sad truth of the whole situation