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I don't think it's optimistic.

If a civilization, by the time it develops weapons of mass distruction, is overly agressive, it will likely destroy itself and not evolve into a space traveling civilization.

Any intelligent live that manages it to not destroy itself despite having very advanced form of weaponry, is likely not overly agressive or is able to control its natural agressivity by reasoning.

But then, the chances of Voyager ever being found by any intelligent life form is practically cero anyway.



That is quite the assumption to make, given the vastness of our universe.

I wouldn't be surprised to find a civilization with incredibly deadly power, paranoia, discipline, grandeur and respect-for-one-another all rolled into one.

Just because it doesn't fit the human persona, doesn't mean it won't fit any "thing".


That is quite the assumption to make, given the vastness of our universe.

Not so much of an assumption. You also have to take into account the speed at which the Voyager satellites are traveling and how far they will get before the heat death of the universe.

This site says it will take about 40,000 years to get halfway (2 light years) to the closest star (besides the sun that is): http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/didyouknow.html

There's a bigger chance humans themselves will retrieve them and put them in a museum but I'm happy to be proven wrong!




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