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We just live too far apart.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or maybe we actually are the first interstellar civilisation. With features like Jupiter and especially our giant ass moon seeming to be pretty rare we still don't know what it really takes to make a planet habitable. Let alone habitable in such a way that it creates intelligent life.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The counter is that there are a shitload of planets out there. 🤷🏻