Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Have Stars

Re:Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Hav... by kamaal on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:19AM (#17186476)

In fact given the fact evolution is a process without a goal. Intelligence could be even more rare among multicellular lifeforms.

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Re:Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Hav... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:19AM (#17187407)

I remember reading that 4 or 5 intelligent hominids coexisted in Africa a million years ago. More or less intelligent. It can't be that rare then.

In fact, dolphins. Octopi. Yeah, pretty much a given I'd imagine, in the right complex ecosystem, that intelligence is a thing.

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Re:Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Hav... by Brockenstein on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:17AM (#17187397)

Or the consequence of great intelligence is an evolutionary dead end. What if intelligent life becomes smart enough to destroy itself, but doesn't survive quite long enough to use that intelligence to save itself.

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