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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by drewrv on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:45PM (#15690549)
It would only be a wash if you currently believe the chance of developing intelligence is > 50%. To me, the fact that intelligence is rare on earth makes me think the odds of developing intelligence elsewhere is rare too.
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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:17PM (#15690805)
Depends on what you mean by Intelligence. We see tool use in many species, yet none of them are sending space ships. Maybe we should include an "industrialization" or "super-organization" to the criteria of aliens we'd want to trade with.
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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by XorNot on Monday November 13, 2017 @09:25PM (#15692128)
Makes a lot of assumptions that multiple technological societies can survive the early competitive period too ( the one we're pretty obviously still in)
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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by njharman on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @12:19AM (#15692864)
How do you conclude that intelligence is rare on earth?
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