I like what Hawking wrote about this. He said, our life here on earth is - compared to the life of the whole universe - only a short moment. It is not only a question of how and where contact happens, but also if two entities, able to communicate with each other, meet during their blink of a life span.
Personally, I like the 'early birds' theory. So many great SF stories have been told about first ones, precursors, the ones that settled the galaxy originally, and then evolved to 'move on'. What if it was us? So much responsibility on us not to screw up and kill ourselves.
Puranium- on September 2nd, 2019 at 20:40 UTC »
I personally believe in the last one. Space is huge, you can’t just expect another intelligent life form around the corner.
tschiep_voegelchen on September 2nd, 2019 at 20:58 UTC »
I like what Hawking wrote about this. He said, our life here on earth is - compared to the life of the whole universe - only a short moment. It is not only a question of how and where contact happens, but also if two entities, able to communicate with each other, meet during their blink of a life span.
glucoseboy on September 2nd, 2019 at 21:27 UTC »
Personally, I like the 'early birds' theory. So many great SF stories have been told about first ones, precursors, the ones that settled the galaxy originally, and then evolved to 'move on'. What if it was us? So much responsibility on us not to screw up and kill ourselves.