I think the great filter is definitely ahead of us, but I'm not so terrified by the implications of this (or so interested in being a pompous contrarian) that I'm moved to bury my head in the sand and publicly hope for stupid things.
I hope we find current or ancient life on Mars, Europa, etc. because that would be interesting and exciting.
It would bring no more additional existential dread than looking outside at your fellow idiot humans.
Life is hard, and we're probably all going to die. Get over it. We can still hope to find interesting things while we're around to enjoy them.
I think the great filter is definitely ahead of us, but I'm not so terrified by the implications of this (or so interested in being a pompous contrarian) that I'm moved to bury my head in the sand and publicly hope for stupid things.
I hope we find current or ancient life on Mars, Europa, etc. because that would be interesting and exciting.
It would bring no more additional existential dread than looking outside at your fellow idiot humans.
Life is hard, and we're probably all going to die. Get over it. We can still hope to find interesting things while we're around to enjoy them.