The most terrifying thing we could actually find on Mars? Ruins of an ancient proto-human civilisation that had reached a similar level of technological advancement to our own.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think the worst would be that they were one or two steps ahead, suggesting that the Great Filter is ahead of us.

[–] pulsey@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

I think, Climate Change is the great filter.

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking the implication would be that we have already reached the filter without understanding it, and our destruction is imminent.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 3 days ago

If we've only reached it yes, but the best news would be that we just passed it