nivek
As Above So Below
Recently it came to my attention that our galaxy, Milky Way, together with all the nearby galaxies together called Local Group are located on the very edge of one of the biggest intergalactic voids so far found in the universe. Void is called Local Void and it's really, really empty.
Now, from before, I knew that Sun is located on the periphery of Milky Way. Now, it turns out Milky Way is itself on the periphery of a intergallactic void. To sum it up, we are on a periphery of a periphery. Somewhat, like having an address in inner Mongolia. Brothers and sisters, we are in a middle of nowhere.
Taking into account how galaxies are distributed in universe, with Swiss cheese hierarchical density structure, being mostly concentrated in inter-galactic super-clusters, than in inter-galactic filaments and than in voids, we are most certainly outside of all inter-stellar and inter-galactic trading routes.
But it's not just that our address is on a an forlorn address. When we look it through history of universe, we are probably very late arrivals. Most other Sun-like stars probably having intelligent life formed over 2.0 Billion years before us. Check this graph (from here):
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That pale yellow dot is our Sun. Everybody else, with technological civilisation, is under that huge bulge. So we are not just isolated in space, we are isolated in time. Damn! According to that study and average Milky Way technologically developed civilization is 2.0 billion years ahead of us!!! No wander, we are sucking our toes, when it comes to Faster than Light travel.
That might explain why aliens are not keen to meet with us on equal terms, and prefer to hold surgical knife at hand when socializing with us. In other words, we are worst than lumberjacks of this universe. Something like Africa during the slavory age.
What if there are civilizations in the universe a billion years old or two billion years old, could there be an upper limit to the knowledge of this universe and how everything functions?...Could there be a very old species out there, perhaps the first ones, who have gained all knowledge available to this universe?...If there is such a species out there I would imagine they could gain knowledge through observing newer species of intelligent creatires, such as ourselves, maybe even get some amusement from some of our styles and way of life...It's kind of a twofold question though rhetorical or not, would there be any upper limits to knowledge gained of our universe and if so then is it possible there's very very old species out there who may have reached those limits?...If an alien race reached this plateau it could turn them hostile or aggressive to keep other developing species from gaining that knowledge or there could be a group of very old aliens who create limits on technology or knowledge that other species can get...They may not want the newer species to get highly advanced technology or the knowledge they have and hoard...Just pondering...
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