There are aliens and we are alone. Maybe we are even more alone than if there were no aliens since they have complete indifference to our existence.

They have inherited space. We are just another short fizzle-out of which they have seen thousands come and go during their long lifetimes, just an uninteresting part of the furniture.

(no they are not here - probably)

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Thanks for your response! An interesting thought…but also a grim one. Aliens are watching us with indifference. Given how we’re performing as a civilization, I could totally see it. I have a hard time (as a human) accepting that we’re a…