From: Norman Palardy
The Darwin awards are pretty compelling evidence that there is a lack
of "intelligence" on the planet
-- Well in that case since it is less than intelligent life we are looking for, then our chances just got better. :) It's always occured to me that if we are looking for "life like us" we would need to meet them in space. Otherwise if we meet them on Earth there are some obvious things to note, that they are... 1) more ambitious 2) more technically advanced 3) more together with their resources 4) more curious And there is a chance that they would stop in, visit with us, but go away logging in their records "In a long exhaustive search of the universe we still show no signs of intelligent life." Face it, if beings came and visited us, it would be like us visiting a caveman on their world. Would *WE* really note them as intelligent? I think we would be curious, but in the end we would still feel alone in the universe. -- This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/ WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/Received on Wed Jan 3 13:24:14 2007
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