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“Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System

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417 points fuidani | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 08:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.355s | source
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tomelders ◴[17 Apr 25 09:26 UTC] No.43714593[source]▶
My understanding is that the great filter theory means this is bad news for us humans here on earth. And considering the state of the world right now, it's especially ominous. Fate loves irony.
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1. detritus ◴[18 Apr 25 16:59 UTC] No.43729845[source]▶
Not necessarily. I think it's reasonable to imagine that 'some sort of low-level life' might be fairly common across the galaxy ('one in a ten million'), whereas complex life - never mind 'intelligent' or technologically-sophisticated life might be very much rarer.

The older I get and the more I appreciate Just How Lucky we are to exist at all on our planet here, the more I favour the above thinking.