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Originally Posted by BitVyper
I'm of the opinion that if anything, we'll be the hyper advanced aliens who seed the galaxy with life, and leave stores of ancient knowledge for those who follow us to find after we ascend to become energy beings.
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I'm of the opinion that, quite frankly, life is not going to venture out of its own solar system until it essentially learns to break physics. Space flight sounds nifty until you consider just how far apart everything is and how long it takes even light to travel that distance. Best-case scenario, any crews from even the closest solar systems are born several generations in space and it takes them upwards of six years to communicate one round of back and forth with their home as they approach us. That's not even accounting for fuel, although due to a lack of friction, so long as they're just taking a shot in the dark, once they get going, they don't need any additional impulse. They still need food and heat, though.
Basically what I'm saying is I'm a killjoy and that our best chance is to find a wormhole somewhere, assuming we don't just zip right by it. I'm not sure if those are fixed in absolute or relative space according to current theory, but if it's absolute, it's absolutely useless given the speeds at which galaxies travel.