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Originally Posted by julianh72
In one of his TV documentaries, Brian Cox said something like:
When we ponder the question of whether there is other intelligent life "out there", there are two possible answers. In one scenario, there is no other intelligent life anywhere in the universe. Alternatively, there is at least one other intelligent civilisation somewhere in the cosmos. The implications of either scenario being true are equally staggering for humanity to contemplate.
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Really like that quote
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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer
Too many to read but you ask
"Do you think we are alone in the Milky Way?"
Yet do not specify by alone do you mean greater or lesser evolved life.
I think only Humans would be so arrogant as to believe we are the only life in the galaxy however evolved
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So true. And to assume that we are fully evolved and around the top of what's possible would be a mistake IMO. Regardless of whether intelligent life is spread throughout the Cosmos or not, what if we have just made the first few small shaky steps along potentially infinite, but not guaranteed, journey as evolving species?