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Intelligence has evolved three times independently on earth - dinosaurs/birds (raptors, covids), mammals, and cephalopods (Octopus)
> Maybe you need water and carbon
Maybe so, but Oxygen and Carbon are only behind (albeit far behind) Hydrogen and Helium as the most abundant elements in the universe
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Intelligence has evolved three times independently on earth - dinosaurs/birds (raptors, covids), mammals, and cephalopods (Octopus)
> Maybe you need water and carbon
Maybe so, but Oxygen and Carbon are only behind (albeit far behind) Hydrogen and Helium as the most abundant elements in the universe