| Subject: Re: The Fermi Paradox and SETI Success |
| From: Ernest Major <{$to$}@meden.demon.co.uk> |
| Date: 15/08/2008, 17:57 |
| Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur,alt.sci.seti,alt.sci.planetary,talk.origins |
In message
<26f68794-a939-4105-bf04-85db3d01202f@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, Inez
<savagemouse123@hotmail.com> writes
On Aug 14, 11:42 pm, Tim Tyler <seemy...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Timberwoof wrote:
> I suspect that just as when one system of biochemistry establishes the
> pattern of life, things that use it will eat anything else that shows
> up, it is likely that when one highly intelligent species shows up, it
> will limit the opportunities for anything else to evolve into sentience.
Whales are not "highly intelligent", then?
--
No. They're all at or below sea level.
Cough. Cough. River dolphins.
--
alias Ernest Major