1 - why should no intelligent life arising from a set of places that were likely habitable for only 5 million years (if they existed at all, which is doubtful) be surprising?
2 - I raise the possibility of outcomes for intelligent life that are not destruction or expansion through the universe.
Edit: Gah, that’s what I get for leaving this window open while about 8 other people commented
1 - why should no intelligent life arising from a set of places that were likely habitable for only 5 million years (if they existed at all, which is doubtful) be surprising?
2 - I raise the possibility of outcomes for intelligent life that are not destruction or expansion through the universe.
Edit: Gah, that’s what I get for leaving this window open while about 8 other people commented
See the conversation with Doug up subthread.