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Originally Posted by Kullat Nunu
Imagine that our civilization becomes a galactic empire of quadrillion or whatever citizens and which lasts of many million of years. That means we would be among the very first people that have existed. Which is incredible unlikely. Which means its unlikely that there would be no galactic empire. Or so the logic goes.  |
Perhaps we are already in such. Maybe the sheer size of the galaxy, and our currently limited intellectual and techological abilities keep us ignorant. The ant colony in my backyard doesn't know it lies in the jurisdiction of the United States.