Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Thinking of the possibility of alien life, as one does (heh,) I consider the Earth and history of life on it. Seems there's been millions of forms of life on just our planet, but only 1 intelligent technological species, us. Planet existed with life for billions of years before intelligent life occured. So might this hold true for the whole universe? Lots of planets with life, lots of life on each planet, but maybe planets with intelligent life are the exception and not the rule? Do planets need an intelligent species to fill some niche in the ecosystem and hierachy of species? Or can planets with life exist, evolve, and die all without ever giving rise to intelligent technological species?
Fact is, that while life seems likely and common, even here it's only happened once that it developed technology and that took billions of years. If technologicial life is common, it's curious the universe isn't abuzz with radio transmissions like we crank out. It's quiet out there. And we need to figure out why if alien life is a given. Might well be a given, but technological life may be a freak occurence.
Fact is, that while life seems likely and common, even here it's only happened once that it developed technology and that took billions of years. If technologicial life is common, it's curious the universe isn't abuzz with radio transmissions like we crank out. It's quiet out there. And we need to figure out why if alien life is a given. Might well be a given, but technological life may be a freak occurence.