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Aliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why. (mashable.com)

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Perhaps we're just not as interesting as we think. Maybe aliens don't want to contact us for the same reason I don't want to contact kids playing in the park: I'm simply uninterested in whatever they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's also likely that an alien species capable of interstellar travel doesn't want anything we have. Our resources aren't anything special, they have no need for slave labor and we don't produce anything of interest to them. It's a long drive. Why burn the gas and waste the time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

My point exactly.

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