Are we the only intelligent life in the galaxy?

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Cypress

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"With so many exoplanets out there in the galaxy, it seems reasonable to hope that life may be prevalent. On our planet, it took a series of unusual coincidences to give rise to our intelligent civilization, and it’s quite unlikely such serendipity has taken place elsewhere. Science writer and astrophysicist John R. Gribbin examines how everything had to go just right. Perhaps most unlikely of all, he argues, was the development of our technological species—a feat that is probably unique in the Milky Way."
(John Gribben, astrophysicist, Sussex University)

View: https://youtu.be/m1YHQT2IXrw?si=DkFbSrYzZRcV2iyi
 
Cypress said:
"With so many exoplanets out there in the galaxy, it seems reasonable to hope that life may be prevalent. On our planet, it took a series of unusual coincidences to give rise to our intelligent civilization, and it’s quite unlikely such serendipity has taken place elsewhere. Science writer and astrophysicist John R. Gribbin examines how everything had to go just right. Perhaps most unlikely of all, he argues, was the development of our technological species—a feat that is probably unique in the Milky Way."
(John Gribben, astrophysicist, Sussex University)

View: https://youtu.be/m1YHQT2IXrw?si=DkFbSrYzZRcV2iyi
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Please define "intelligent," C.
November wasn't that long ago.
 
Cypress said:
Advanced sentient life capable of technology.
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Recent devolution is obviously stripping us of that.

Spiders, bees, beavers, birds, et al have construction skills superior to my own.
I may have a bit better reading comprehension,
but I can't say that for all of my "peers."
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Recent devolution is obviously stripping us of that.

Spiders, bees, beavers, birds, et al have construction skills superior to my own.
I may have a bit better reading comprehension,
but I can't say that for all of my "peers."
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I've always said that 99 percent of the innovation is made by less than 5 percent of the people.

How many people actually know and can use calculus, quantum physics, nanotechnology, molecular biology and genetics?
 
Cypress said:
How many people actually know and can use calculus, quantum physics, nanotechnology, molecular biology and genetics?
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You're setting the bar a bit high, it would seem to me, C.
In America, it's hard to find somebody who can find his/her own ass with both hands.

Locally, we have Harvard, MIT, The New England Conservatory of Music,
and roughly one million neighborhood watering holes
full of people bitching about the Red Sox and Patriots;
and we're well above average, I'm afraid.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
You're setting the bar a bit high, it would seem to me, C.
In America, it's hard to find somebody who can find his/her own ass with both hands.

Locally, we have Harvard, MIT, The New England Conservatory of Music,
and roughly one million neighborhood watering holes
full of people bitching about the Red Sox and Patriots;
and we're well above average, I'm afraid.
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I'm making a distinction between technological innovation and innate intelligence. William Shakespeare was undoubtedly intelligent and deeply perceptive, but he contributed nothing to an advanced technological civilisation.
 
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