I don’t see a date in this image, but this page might be more up to date and complete: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_potentially_habitable_…

The one on the left is about to throw down.

Whew, almost had to hide this from my wife.

From this perspective it looks like they are trying to mimic a hermit crab

youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c George Carlin does a funny bit about this: “the planet is fine, the people are fu€<ed”

I wonder if they also feel blue?

Definitely potential for some hot dates.

I read somewhere there are 6 possibilities:

Dark forest theory - read at least book 1 and 2 of three body problem series or google for spoilers

A filter exists, or more plainly something that always causes a civilization to eventually fail.

Similar to Star Trek, other civilizations are waiting for us to pass a threshold before contact is made.

Carl Sagan: the universe is so large and intelligent life is so sparse, we just haven’t come across them yet.

Life on our planet is unique to the entire universe

Could also be a mixture of some of these.

Whatever it is, it’s a fascinating problem and I like Carl Sagan’s approach.

This. I have no problem with anything but the yellow jackets. Over the years, dog has been stung, I have been stung and my wife has been stung. All of us minding our own business and just got too “close.” I will burn those f@&)ers to the ground every chance I get.