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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Exactly.
To say it's unfeasible for extraterrestrials to travel the vast space between us and them is an assumption solely based on our current (comparatively primitive) understanding of the physics involved.
When you think of all the remarkable technological advances we've made just in the last hundred years - imagine what a civilization that's managed to survive a few million years has possibly developed.
To paraphrase a favorite line from 'Contact' - if there wasn't any other intelligent life out there...what a big waste of space.
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What if we are the most advanced civilisation in the Universe?
Conquering space by any living organism presents problems beyond the capacity of Humans now. The worse effect is the loss of gravity, cosmic rays, food and water supply, mental health, confined spaces, etc.
After a million years those problems will be solved, the problem is the million years.
While we look to the stars we're destroying the launch pad at unprecedented levels.
[QUOTE
]Natural resources disappearing fast. London - A third of the world's natural resources were consumed in the period 1970-1995, according to a report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) yesterday.[/QUOTE]
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-mammals-study
https://nativenewsonline.net/current...urces-run-out/
Lots more to read here.
https://www.google.com/search?biw=13...67.-0psI1rt56U
So the biggest problem all civilisations face are getting enough time and money to discover the technology required to conquer space while protecting the launch pad. At the rate we're destroying the Earth, it won't be us.
I have a Tomorrows World show that high lights the problems of living in space for an extended amount of time. Anyone who wants to view it can, just PM me.