[ExI] Bad News for Fermi Paradox?

[BillK]

On 11 August 2017 at 15:41, Dave Sill wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:22 AM, BillK  wrote:
>>
>> Since we are first, other typical technological
>> civilizations should also be first.
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>
> Huh? Parse error.
>
>>
>> The principle of mediocrity allows
>> no second acts.
>
>
> What?
>


I only quoted a few paragraphs. What he is saying is that all the
earlier civilisations in the galaxy would have reached the same point
as us. i.e. Becoming the first tech civ on their planet. And then they
disappeared. (as we see no trace of them).

BillK


>>
>> The implication is that once species become
>> technological, they flame out and take the biosphere with them.
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>
> That could well be the case. We seem to be headed that way.
>
> -Dave
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