Let’s say we develop a telescope, or other such long range observation system, and it pinpoints aliens have a mega-civilization on the other side of the Milky Way, or in a different nearby galaxy.

We wouldn’t contact them would we? We could not see their technology to learn from it, even if we knew what it was made from.

The discovery would simply initially resolve that we’re not alone?

This seems like a waste of time.

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