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Originally Posted by leon
I reckon we are all alone mate. 
Leon  |
I often wonder of we would even be able to detect our own planet from afar using current techniques. Surely it has occurred to SETI that we ourselves have only sent 2 focused narrow-band broadcasts that were deliberately seeking contact with extra terrestrial life (which is quite different from the every day signals we emit).
In my admittedly uneducated opinion, I reckon we're not alone, but the highly technical phase of life is relatively short because the qualities needed to succeed in evolution eventuality doom any advanced civilization to scarce resources, along with the means to fight over them to devastating effect. We don't live within our means. Look at Easter Island.
Cheers
Markus
Just my opinion.