Even if we're not the first, it's certain that some species at some point was the first, and one of them would have the exact same chain of thought you have now
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looks like maybe science doesn't know what the relevant era is either https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08448
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btw i think the "presumptuous philosopher"-like argument you're making for lots of earthlike civs predicts lots of other weird stuff
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if prior of being typical civ is zillions of times prior of being first, then prior for universe having secret civs out wazoo much higher
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also almost certain a priori that 21st century like periods happen countless times in history of earth
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Can you spell this one out a little more? We seem young and alone, so if we're typical then either our hidden-from-each-other civilizations have short lives or they have short memories. Is that it?
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if "my hypothesis predicts more civilizations so it's more likely" is good reasoning then it should work for time too
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depending on how many 21st century like civilizations you can cram into history of earth and how unlikely that state of affairs is ofc
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but then maybe the earth is actually a lot older than it seems! there's not really a limit to the madness
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