re: Do you believe in the Fermi Paradox: The Great Filter?

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You mean like the theory that homo sapiens wiped out Neanderthal? (And I know this theory is hotly contested, but the fact that it was accepted for so long kind of puts to bed the notion that "species don't annihilate other species")

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...They used to accept the fact that the earth was the center of the universe too. The fact that it was accepted for so long kind of means that we can put to bed the notion "that the earth isn't the center of the universe".

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You are speaking of life forms that have evolved in the same environment, on the same planet, not species competing to stay alive across galaxies. Symbiotic relationships can't evolve over such vast differences.

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How does this do anything to support a theory that they must be seeking to annihilate anything else they encounter.


That just doesn't make sense either. You can't claim that because they are from far far away and super different they must be super aggressive and couldn't possibly have any altruistic traits. Also who's to say that the drastic differences couldn't be ultimately beneficial to both parties, Oh its just because you say so.