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		d5tryr on Dec 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens BIG space doesn't solve the exponentially-reproducing colonist issue though...

rbanffy on Dec 22, 2011 [–]

Plus, if an exponentially-reproducing civilization appeared even in a neighboring galaxy a couple million years ago, we'd probably be able to notice something very strange.

If it appeared in this galaxy, we'd probably never have evolved.

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