So are we behind this Filter or in front of it? And answering the question that was in the idea before this.

We don't even know if we are before or after the filter and this is why scientists (well, some of them) don't want to discover Alien Civilizations. This is explained in more detail in the video of Kurzgesagt.

Well, anyway, if the alien civilizations are more advanced and technologically better than us then we are actually behind the filter. But, but if the aliens are worse than us then we could be in front of the filter and that would prove that getting a brain is the most advanced thing humans have done.

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