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  • Fabulous reference to scale. But I find the jump from proxima centauri to Andromeda a logical leap. Our species can very well reach other stars, it is increasingly within our technological capabilities. The closest stars are not THAT far away if we can consistently hit 50% the speed of light (solar sails are proposed examples). We will find an endless sea of reachable but barren planets and rocks and gasses and ice.

    But in no conceivable reality will we leave the galaxy.

    This post diminishes what is possible by scaling the argument up to what isnt.

    Issue is more likely that as we discover we are deeply alone that all that travel isnt that worth it.