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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe there are species that have mastered FTL travel? [View all]Notafraidtoo
(402 posts)Not enough evidence to support the possibility that beings of any type could travel as fast or faster then the speed of light.
Based on the size of the universe,math and how things work here i am certain there is likely millions or more planets out there supporting life but based on the speed of light limitation i don't believe any of them has visited us in any way.I also fear again based on how we see the universe works that any being likely would not have the time to advance far enough to even consider speed of light travel simply because a mass extinction event would wipe them out.
The likelihood of any intelligent being living long enough and being around the same time to even hear some kind of radio type contact from another planet is extremely low also based on these extinction events.
Of course i just have earth and humans to go by but any similar technology path and productivity levels that we show is just too slow,We just wont be here long enough to produce what we need to even consider this tech ourselves.
I imagine how A intelligent being would think of us if this were to happen and i think it would be like us talking to a chimpanzee or a caveman, the trillions of point of references and knowledge advancements for them to get here would be so far ahead of us that we would be extremely insignificant to a being that intelligent.