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Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not.

TB — 12/31/2012 11:24:49 PM (archived)

Harvard article here.

Link via Glenn Reynolds

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• Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not. - TB - 12/31/2012 11:24:49 PM
  • If there is life, there will be intelligence. Eventually. - bowser - 1/3/2013 5:21:50 AM
    • I agree and would add that- - johannes - 1/5/2013 9:14:50 PM
  • Re: Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not. - Jody - 1/1/2013 4:33:22 AM
    • Very likely - FrankC - 1/1/2013 4:38:51 PM
      • Asimov - TB - 1/1/2013 5:18:12 PM
        • A hundred million years is the blink of an eye. - alcaray - 1/1/2013 8:00:05 PM
  • The idea that more time is needed for intelligent life... - FrankC - 1/1/2013 12:22:48 AM
  • On a star in Fornax there's a race of intellegent spiders... - alcaray - 1/1/2013 12:11:55 AM
    • Spiders are poor candidates for intelligence. - bowser - 1/8/2013 7:24:19 AM

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