The Milky Way is probably full of dead civilizations
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If there are other intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way, they are probably much closer than we are to the galactic center, and fairly young.
  • ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    13 hours ago
    • No ruins, probes, artifacts, or lingering tech
    • No Dyson spheres or interstellar beacons
    • No signs of past galactic empires

    Would we really be able to see any of these if they weren’t right in the immediate neighborhood?

    • Some transcend biological limitations?

    By inventing self-replicating machines, perhaps? :(