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I like to think it's inevitable that there's life out there, no human can possibly fathom just how big the universe is after all, it might be as simple as these things are so far away it's impossible to see them.
It seems highly unlikely that we'd be the only instance of life developing in the universe, or even in our galaxy. Our solar system is largely unremarkable in every respect. We orbit a common type of star, and the building blocks of life here consist of common elements found throughout the galaxy. If the energy from the sun coupled with available volatiles produced self replicating chemical reactions here, there's every reason to believe the same thing would happen in other places with similar conditions.
I think the debate regarding intelligent life and technological civilization is more complicated. There doesn't seem to be as much inevitability of that happening, but basic processes of life being bootstrapped seems to be almost a certainty.
Recently, I found out that the sun will explode (😱) in about the same amount of time from now as now is from the first existence of life on earth. Meaning that if Earth is the only planet with life on it, then we are about half-way through existence of life in the universe. I have been a sad about this, because I like life. I think it's neat. The idea that life is this temporary blip in the universe kinda sucks. So I truly hope there is life on that planet, and many others.
Well there's like a literal billion years to figure out what the next move s before that happens. First we need to not nuke ourselves.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
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