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AABoyles comments on If there IS alien super-inteligence in our own galaxy, then what it could be like? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Houshalter 29 February 2016 01:26:58AM 2 points [-]

That's very unlikely. The universe is billions of years old, yet it would take only mere thousands of years to colonize the galaxy. Maybe millions if they aren't optimally efficient, but still a short time in the history of Earth.

Comment author: AABoyles 01 March 2016 04:09:22PM 0 points [-]

I'm aware. Note that I did call it the "least likely possibility."