Subj : Re: Missing Time To : Renagademaster From : Bob Roberts Date : Mon Dec 28 2020 13:36:10 Re: Re: Missing Time By: Renagademaster to CunningToad on Mon Dec 28 2020 08:18 am Re> So when did we reach 'intelligence'? When Wright brothers first flight Re> roughly 120 years ago, or invention of silicon chips 60 years ago, or are Re> we not intelligent enough yet. Given then the age of the universe this Re> time window is very small. Perhaps other intelligent life has been and Re> gone already, or we will destroy ourselves before the next species comes Re> along. I read a article that discussed this a bit. Basically the thesis was that any Intelligent life is doomed to destroy itself eventually, and that we're in the unlucky position of either being the first to evolve intelligence, or the only ones out there in the "intelligence" phase. Bob Roberts --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux * Origin: Halls of Valhalla -=- Happy New Year (700:100/58) .