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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by mFixman on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:53PM (#27202309)
What I never understood about the Drake equation and the search for intelligent alien life is why people assume that "intelligence" is something special and not something inherently human. There's no reason to see human-like intelligence as one of the infinite amount of properties a life form can have.

"Two possibilities exist: we are either the only things in the Universe that regularly speak Swedish or we are not. Both are equally terrifying".

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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by lovemenot on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @07:15PM (#27202539)
Yes, I have been saying something like this for years. I believe this is the first time I have seen someone else make the same point here.

My dog is looking for signs of extraterrestrial super-olfaction.

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