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		danielweber on April 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We'll Never Meet Aliens Unless there is one galactic hegemon, there's going to be someone who says "fuck it" and decides to come visit. Unless there's no one.

apalmer on April 26, 2013 [–]

I think the argument is that the 'fuck it' level is not necessarily contact in terms of communication with the entire world but may be filled by simply picking up a couple specimens/pets and rolling onwards...

andrewflnr on April 26, 2013 | [–]

Which, interestingly, is well within some people's model of current alien contact.

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