Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26486187-20150908001842/@comment-26453572-20150909112745

Rocket Engineer wrote: Heartgold1234 wrote: We know we aren't alone red. The universe is infinite, it is only a matter of time. Unless there is some sort of evolutionary barrier which kills off any species that reaches it, and we are the only species to pass it. Or, we could have not passed it yet, and we are all going to be killed off sometime in the future. Or a predator species will receive a signal we beam off into space and they will come and kill us because we are a potential threat to their empire. Or, there could be thousands of sentient species out there, but they are not trying to see if others like them exist because they are afraid that there is a predator species out there, and any attempts to communicate with others could lead the predators to them. Which means the whole universe could be cowering, afraid of something that might not even exist.

Edit: Actually all these involve us not being alone, although you could consider being dead to be alone. Even thinking you are alone is pretty much the same as being alone. Practically speaking of course. If we ever get that far, we'll become the predator race. Just look at what we do to our own race!