On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:11:08 -0400, "Tony Sivori"
<TonySivori@yahoo.com> wrote:

You may be right, but with our sample of one solar system, we can only
speculate. On your side of the argument, is that we are the only
technological species on this planet. On the other hand, intelligence may be
a survival trait that tends to favor Darwin's laws.

Isn't there an inherent internal contradiction here? If intelligence
was the end-all survival trait, shouldn't we see more than one species
displaying it here?
Additionally, intelligence does not necessarily equate to
technologically capable. intelligence coupled to technological
capability may be the extreme rarity.