From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/21/2026 7:25 AM, Julian wrote:   
   > The last days of humanity being truly alone are here and now, an age of   
   > wonders and woe.   
   >   
   >   
   > Right now, as you read this, you are living through the golden age of   
   > man. Not the one the poets imagined. Not some lost Eden. This. These   
   > distracted, scrolling, complaining, extraordinary days. The last years   
   > in which humanity is the only intelligence on Earth.   
   >   
   > Maybe that sounds dramatic to you. Maybe it doesn’t. My bet is that by   
   > now you’ve used AI and you know some evangelists of it quite well and   
   > they’ve been saying the same for months if not years. They’re not lying   
   > to you.   
   >   
   > It is dramatic, but it is also true...   
   >   
   > https://mattkilcoyne.substack.com/p/the-golden-age-of-man?   
    >   
   The question is: "Are we alone?   
      
   Followed by: "Have we ever been alone?" - Giorgio A. Tsoukalos   
      
   Followed by:   
      
   "But, where is everybody?" - Enrico Fermi   
      
   The Fermi Paradox is the contradiction between the high statistical   
   probability that extraterrestrial life exists and the total lack of   
   evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations.   
      
   The paradox in a nutshell:   
      
   "The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive   
   evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high   
   likelihood of its existence."   
      
   Note: Given the billions of stars in the Milky Way, many older than the   
   Sun, intelligent life should be common and have colonized the galaxy by now.   
      
   The conclusion: We are alone, the only intelligent and self conscious   
   organism in existence.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)