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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Is it any more ore less plausible to think that even within a universe teeming with intelligent life, we here on earth remain on the cutting edge of new technology? Maybe we are the ones who have advanced the furthest.
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I'd say us being the most advanced is the least plausible. Earth is relatively young, and we have only been around for a blink of cosmic time. Even given random chance that only 2 intelligent civilizations arise, that's a 50% chance we are the most advanced. But if there is one other, there are probably hundreds or millions more. The odds we are the most advanced of all the intelligent beings out their is pretty slim. So either we are alone out there, or odds are we are not the most advanced.