Q: You said that there were many advanced civilizations in the universe. Not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands. You spoke extensively about what you called “Highly Evolved Beings,” for which we created the acronym “HEBs.” And you described most of the underpinnings of life in highly evolved societies.
Q: Okay, I will. And what I wanted to say now is that none of what was shared previously about advanced civilizations elsewhere seemed outside the realm of possibility to me. None of it seemed far-fetched. We're in, after all, a huge universe. What does seem far-fetched is the idea that we are the only sentient beings in it. The chances of that must be one-in-a-centillion.★