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user-inactivated · 4389 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing (Nick Bostrom)
It seems to me that his hypothesis is comforting, not ominous (and possibly ridiculous, but that's separate). The fact that we've never found any sort of life at all (albeit within a limited range) means that if there is a so-called Filter, it factors into the equation of life very, very early on. Considering that life in some form or another on Earth is billions of years old, I think the odds are with us.