Intelligent

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Intelligent

Title text: This is gonna be the most upsetting part about first alien contact.

Votey

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God, why haven't we found other intelligent life?

Why?

All intelligent species bear the marks of evolution. Therefore they'll have all the bad behaviors that come with the struggle for survival and reproduction.

Only one sapient species per universe. That's the rule.

Imagine it's the 1930s. The first radio telescopes are built. You make contact

Guess how many hitlers have now entered your awareness.

With 411,729,922 civilizations.

411,729,922

Minimum.

So, one sapient species per universe. Eventually they grow less terrible, use technology to span the cosmos, and with a minimum of unforgivable atrocities.

Wow. And how far are we from that period?

I'm actually waiting for you guys to clear the deck so I can try again with birds.

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Have you considered nuclear escalation? Might make for a suuuuper exciting news cycle!

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