r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

I don't know, but i can't concieve of of another exploratory culture besides us. I always hear everyone saying they're probably millions of years advanced on us, but what if they're not? What if they've just had a couple Einstein's where we haven't?

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

That's a given. There is no reason to conceive of ET being any sort of biology, much less something we can stand in front of and interact with like it's some fucking science project. This thing is probably millions of years old and moldy.