250 billion stars

Do you realize how random it would be for them to find us? Do you believe Earth is like a beacon in space, or even noticeable? From just outside of our own solar system, our own SUN looks like a normal star, and not even an impressive one. That distance is nothing compared to even the distance to the next nearest star.

>There are millions of other moons they could probe.
trillions - at least

*in this Galaxy

There's a good chance that alien civilizations have existed long before us. Our civilization has only been around for a few thousand years. That's nothing compared to the age of the universe. The odds of another civilization developing in the same timespan as us are very low.
Many alien civilizations have likely appeared and disappeared throughout billions of years

Self-replicating intelligent robots. They wouldn't need to do shit. They could basically bruteforce the entire galaxy.

tfw the monolith was racist

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Yep, I lean towards that being the great filter as well. Assuming that most civilizations wipe themselves out is scifi-tier bullshit. It's far more likely that multi-cellular life is incredibly rare.

I've thought about it, and your analysis is completely wrong. We barely have the technology to get 100 humans to mars. We do NOT have the technology to get any number of humans to be nearest star.

If you disagree, then tell me how we would get 100 humans to the nearest start. And don't tell me about your fictional self-replicating robots.

>fiction
oh

Maybe alien robots just dont find us interesting.