I just had a face to face conversation with own who put his interest in the second way (see below).
In which case, the thread ought to be entitled, "So why haven't we heard from them?" THAT strikes me as a more interesting question. Nick From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:43 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] So, *Are* We Alone? On 3/31/12 4:29 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES wrote: Nick says: "what is this thing about INTELLLIGENT life? Isn't all life intelligent? " ... As for your other question, I also do not know why it is interesting... but, to me at least, it is interesting. Eric Who can we attribute the (paraphrased) quote "If it turns out there is other intelligent life in the Universe, that will be really interesting!" and "If it turns out there is *no* other intelligent life in the Universe, that will be really interesting!"
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