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cwhiz on Jan 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do we assume extraterrestrials might want to v...

Of all the potential Fermi outcomes, I find the “uninterested aliens” to be the silliest.

More likely is the universe is massive, and the aliens have already visited. Millions or billions of years ago.

raverbashing on Jan 21, 2021 [–]

Yes. Or don't need to visit "in person" to see what's going on (or visited in the past thousands of years and has seen "enough" for now).

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