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From: dietz@SLB-DOLL.CSNET (Paul Dietz)
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Subject: Aliens
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 07:30:21 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 07:30:21 1986
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>  Our civilization is very new compared to the lifetime of Earth.  A
>species from a planet where life started a few percent sooner or
>evolved a few percent faster might have invented computers and
>starships while dinosaurs were the most advanced thing on Earth.
>  Where would such a civilzation be today?

Right here, if they evolved in or near our galaxy and colonized.
I suspect the only ET's we'll ever detect by radio will be
extragalactic, and they will have colonized multiple galaxies.