12-20-2017, 07:51 PM
(12-20-2017, 06:49 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Think of how long our modern technology has existed for. Cellphones & personal computers roughly 30 years, and improving every day. Rocket technology 70 some years, same with nuclear. Cars just over a 100 years. Planes 90 some years. So basically all these advances of our technology, medicine, science, education mainly has been accelerating at a high pace in the last 200 years. Thats just a generalization too, not to get picky on numbers or anything.
But lets say an alien intelligent species began their advances in those things 100,000 years ago, or 1 million years ago lets say. If we have advanced this far in 200 years, alien species could have been advancing for much much longer than we have.
Here is another idea I like to play with. Most scientists agree that an asteroid or comet ended the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Then from point on all life changed on earth that has led up to the current day. What if that asteroid or comet had hit 66 million years ago let's say. Granted its a very generic thought, but it would be possible that where we are at today as a civilization would have been 1 million years ago.
Not trying to argue or anything, just throwing some other thoughts out there on this.
Sure, you're right. The thought there could be more intelligent life forms than us in the universe is far from far fetched. If one looks around.
I still believe in the light speed barrier though, that might not be just a technological issue. And also that Aliens wouldn't play hide and seek with us if they were here. It's a long way from possible intelligent life in the universe to UFOs still.