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NotAHamsterAtAll t1_jcvlfzk wrote

Reply to comment by Sardonicus_Rex in The Fermi Paradox and the Possibility of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life by Beginning-Court1946

It is assumed that:

  1. It is possible to travel for thousands of years in space, which might be impossible, even for machines.

  2. It is assumed there is anyone even wants to do it, when there might be no point in doing it.

But I personally think the great filter and rare earth hypothesis are enough. Us being alone in the Milky Way is absolutely possible. Us being alone in the universe is possible, but irrelevant, we will never be able to do any meaningful interaction with any extra-galactic civilizations.

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