66. "I agree re: "intelligent life". But the one thing that could increase ch..." In response to In response to 44
if there is/was life on some planet that is WAY more advanced than us. Just think of all the advances that we have made in the last 100 years. If an alien civilization existed at some point that advanced far beyond what we can currently imagine, and didn't destroy themselves through war an/or destroying their environment, then it's possible that they found a way to greatly increase that window of time of there being intelligent life on their planet. They may have advanced far enough that they have prevented the demise of their civilization.
Combine that with the fact that they may also be way more advanced than us with space travel. We went from learning how to fly to sending people into space within 50 years. What if some other civilization continued at that rate of progress for a thousand years or so? They may have figured out faster than light travel or broken some other barriers that we currently have in place.
>the chances of two planets, within contactable distance having >their 0.0000027% at the same time are frustratingly small. The >likelyhood is that even if we found signs of life, by the time >we'd sent a message back or somehow traveled to investigate, >it'd be long gone.