But then you learn that everyone who has ever tried to do X has failed, and some of these people were probably much more skilled than you.
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For mankind X is making ourselves known to other civilizations at our level of development.
Does not fit. We have no idea how many of them there were—and if there were, how skilled they were.
My analogy is based on my doomed assumption being true. I did not intend the post to be a justification of the assumption, but rather a discussion of something we might do if the assumption is true.
Does not fit. We have no idea how many of them there were—and if there were, how skilled they were.
My analogy is based on my doomed assumption being true. I did not intend the post to be a justification of the assumption, but rather a discussion of something we might do if the assumption is true.