If you read enough on theoretical science and physics a common theme is the "goldilocks zone", or rather zones that the earth exists in. Basically, for intelligent life as we know it to evolve, many, many specific conditions have to be met. We aren't 100% certain how many of these zones are absolutely necessary for some level of intelligence to exist, but it's safe to say that the kind of intelligence that can travel between galaxies is a rare fucking thing.

But then the definition of "as we know it" is problematic. I have a hard time understanding the UFO phenomenon as extraterrestrial 'contact' or 'visitation'. The evidence that's out there doesn't isn't very convincing other than that something we don't understand is happening, and It could be nothing more than the 3-dimensional shadows of their 5-dimensional spaceships flying past our planet. My thinking is that any of our encounters with higher intelligences would be almost beyond our comprehension, i mean these guys could be x-ray colored and made out of dark matter, and eat black holes as a method of communication. The odds of finding something similar to us, that we can interact or have the remotest possibility of communicating with seem like a huge long shot.

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"but it's safe to say that the kind of intelligence that can travel between galaxies is a rare fucking thing."

how do you define 'rare'? given the timescale of the universe, it's likely that there are races of technological beings thousands, millions, or even billions of years ahead of us. WE are going to figure out intergalactic travel in the next 1000 years if all goes well. so if you assume that any intelligent, driven population will eventually go starward, then you've got to conclude that, in all likelihood they already have.

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