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The photino birds got clobbered by the Xeelee in that galaxy.

Some people seem to think this is a worthless comment, I prefer to see it as a good book recommendation. It also jives with my feeling that dark matter has something to do with life being present in a galaxy, the effect it has on the structure of galaxies seems almost... deliberate.

Like a Kardashev type III civilisation(s).

I love that idea.

Edit: thinking about it more, it's even more interesting because this particular galaxy is far less dense than say the Milky Way, so perhaps it's basically unsuitable for colonisation/exploitation.

It also means that the Milky Way contains a Type III civilisation.

It also means almost all galaxies contain similar Type III civilizations. 13 billion years is a long time, how long did Fermi calculate it would take to colonize the galaxy? 10 million years?

No intelligent design or superstitious nonsense here, thanks.

Gatekeeping aside, I took the meaning of the comment to be that there is something in the galaxy that has the ability to construct/manipulate their surroundings in such a way that it appears to us as “intentional, from living beings”

Yes, thank you for thinking outside the box.

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