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by jerf 4521 days ago
Time is not infinite, and our past light cone is not infinite. It grows as less than the cube of the space we can observe (the universe is very not universally distributed), while the independent probabilities of whatever is required for life multiply exponentially. The idea that the odds of life are 100% is just a naive "Big Numbers" fallacy.

The Prime Directive was created to preserve the desired structure of drama on a TV show. It is ludicrous from any other perspective.