What would be interesting is 'if they' thought as we did long ago. If and IF they are advanced, then they would have abolished the thought that THEY were the center of their universe and that their world was flat at one time.
Anyways, yes, I've seen that statement before and it does bear repeating in case someone missed it regardless of the poster... may it have been Lindy or Carl.
Regardless, we have yet to find legitimate contact and proof with microbial or intelligent ETs.
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(Even when I went to a Catholic college, some -ahem- years ago, we were taught science for the sake of science and so goes for Astronomy and Physics. There's no denying our periodic table which can take us through the world of science from biology, chemistry, geology, physics/we live next to a second generation star- and most assuredly, astrophysics.)