Consider this: even if there were civilizations elsewhere in the universe, do they exist now? We have 2remember how vast the distances R. By D time we discover proof of those civilizations, they may have died off eons earlier. Time matters.
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The more advanced the civilization the harder it will be to kill off. I can't imagine what human technology will be like in 1000 years much less 100,000 years. Imagine AI with 1 million years to evolve.
Ewoks defeated Palpatine's Stormtroopers. Taliban drove out USA military. Mujehadeen drove out USSR military.
Advancements in technology are not a given. There are periods of technological regression due to any number of factors.
That is the main problem, there are surely uncountable different civilisations out there, but they’re just too far away from each other or maybe they’re just one black hole away ¯_(ツ)_/¯
By the time they find us / we find them, either/both of us are extinct. Whether it's because of self-destruction or natural causes (such as a supernova), it won't matter at that point.
Then again, we only need to make contact with 1.