Hello, I was doing some research about The Great Filter theory because it interests me. But there is something I can’t find answer to. So I hope you will help me clear my head with this. What would mean if some inteligent form of life visited us? Like bilion or more years old civilization from the other end of the galaxy. Would that mean that filter is in front of us or behind us? I can’t get my head around it..
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That specific scenario wouldn’t say much about the filter one way or another. It could mean the filter is behind us and we are the only two civilizations to punch through. It could also mean the filter is ahead of us, but not the aliens, meaning they punched through and everyone else at our level hits the wall at some point in between. It could also mean a number of other things. With a billion-year head start, the aliens would hopefully have a clearer understanding of how the universe works.
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