heres something i always find interesting to ponder

what is the difference between "us" and a super intellegent being
I mean einstein really only took a step ahead. What makes them so much
better than
 we and what would that mean in real terms?

by the same token i'm guessing we may be one of the more physically
advanced,
based on a sample size of 1 (ie our solar system) we exist on the highest
mass
solid surface planet in the system. Seems like odds are something mars sized
would be more likley for other life. (though I have issues with mars having
enough mass to support a decent enough atmosphere for liquid water for very
long, how long would it take for say 5psi of O2 on the surface of mars to
drop back to its present level? how long for a 14.7 20%02 70% N2?)

wrt being eaten, it seems on earth at least, he who can (and does)
eat the most other things win. Evolution seems to favour the smallest
most viscious creature, or the creature who breeds enough to counter that.
guess we are lucky in that regard, we meet both criteria.


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:38 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT:] Countdown to 1st contact. 20, 19, ...
>
>
> > > General consensus is that any race able to develop
> intergalactic or even
> > > intra galactic travel technology would not sensibly have war and
> > > destruction and domination as any part of their viewpoint.
> >
> > You are contradicting yourself in two adjacent paragraphs.
>
> No. It's just that my opinion and general consensus differ :-). I offered
> "what most people say" and "what i think it would be wise to
> consider'. They
> aren't the same. Alas. 9There was also a quote from someone else in there
> which may have been mistaken for mine).
>
>
> > And evolution being what it is, it is very likely that someone
> beyond the
> conquer/trade
> > stage has been in it for a while and has learned some lessons.
>
> Nobody really knows what evolution "be's". But lots of people
> have jumped to
> many conclusions which are not actually logially supported by the
> available
> data. fwiw.
>
> I find it entirely conceivable that a super intelligent race MAY have
> learned the lesson that if one is wishing to populate the universe without
> opposition then removing all life as found is less expensive. Not the only
> possibility by far. But conceivable.
> I suspect we'll never know. One way or the other ;-)
>
>
>         RM
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