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Subject:	Re: Drake Equation (was: Re: Some great Space info and dicussion)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space
Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:44:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: > > And, of course, it need not be pointed out too sharply that > intelligence has yet to show itself as anything other than > an evolutionary dead-end. Our track record is not incredibly > impressive (but I'd like to be optimistic). You must be joking, right? Intelligence has already done immeasurable things for our species. If you're talking about our capacity for conflict and self-destruction, blame our million-year-old instincts. IMO, intelligence is about the only redeeming feature our species has! Cheers, Paul

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		Re: Drake Equation (was: Re: Some great Space info and dicussion)
(...) Depends on how you look at it. Yes, there are some great things to being intelligent at this level. However, LFB said that it is "an evolutionary dead-end". If you think about it, that is somewhat true. We are less likely to evolve from our (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

		Re: Drake Equation (was: Re: Some great Space info and dicussion)
(...) Redemption is, of course, an ethical concept, not an evolutionary one. Yes, our propensity towards violence is rooted in the competitive nature that very probably gave us our intellects to begin with; but that aggressive nature in itself (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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		Drake Equation (was: Re: Some great Space info and dicussion)
(...) A minor tangent, but it's got a pointer to a neat toy. The Drake Equation (1961) is the classic articulation of the potential for technological--and communicative--civilizations. There's a neat toy at www.seti.org, too, that lets you plug in (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)

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