| Subject: Re: The Fermi Paradox and SETI Success |
| From: JennyB |
| Date: 15/08/2008, 10:48 |
| Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur,alt.sci.seti,alt.sci.planetary,talk.origins |
On Aug 15, 7:44 am, Tim Tyler <seemy...@googlemail.com> wrote:
'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank wrote:
I quite disagree witht his part. Indeed, I think "intelligence",
particularly in the form of the "technological intelligence" required
for SETI, is an abject evolutionary failure. In our short tenure as a
species, and even in our microscopic-timed tenure as a technological
species, we've managed to produce the largest mass extinction since
the Cretaceous, and have put not only our own survival as a species at
risk, but the very existence of nearly the entire biosphere within
which we live.
Right. Six billion humans and going strong and we are a *failure*?!?
Compared to worms.