Re: inevitable intelligence

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hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey) wrote:
>Lorenzo Love <lllove@snowcrest.net> writes:
>
>>Once at lunch, the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi tried to point out the
>> absurdity of the favorable estimates of intelligent life elsewhere by asking,
>> "If they are so probable, then where are they? They should be here
>
>The closest star Alpha Centauri is four light years away.
>
>We don't know yet if we can travel at those speeds. We don't know if
>there's life on any planets around AC. We don't know how far away
>the next planet is.
>
>>B: Intelligent life is very, very rare, to the point that humans are unique,
>> which shows that intelligence is not determinant; or
>
>This is more like science fiction. It reminds me of Star Trek. They
>go everywhere but they don't fiddle with the local civilization.
>Hey.. maybe all the people who've been abducted by aliens are
>telling the truth :-)..
>
>We don't know how long it would take to travel hundreds or thousands
>of light years distant planets.
>
>
>
>>C: Intelligent life destroys itself very quickly, every time it's formed.
>> Not a pleasant thought.
>
>Maybe, what one of my profs said is true; this has happened before,
>many times.
>
>--
>
>
> Regards, Mark
> http://www.smns.montclair.edu/~hubey
You don't need to travel anywhere. Ever hear of radio? SETI?
It's dead quiet out there.
Lorenzo Love
lllove@snowcrest.net

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