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Originally Posted by multiweb
Couldn't agree more. The solar system is located far enough from the center of our galaxy. We're at the right distance from the sun and our orbit is near circular, the earth axis is tilted and the moon keeps it relatively stable, it revolves in 24h, just good enough to keep it warm without cooking it, and if that's not enough we have plenty of water, a thick enough atmosphere not to worry about a lot of meteorites impacts and most of all a magnetosphere to protect us from the sun's radiation. Now that's freaky enough. Sounds like we won Lotto big time. Even though life took millions of years to kick in with the right conditions, and us as "modern humans" we've been around for how long? 3000, 4000 years? ... and one big rock could end all this.
But given the number of stars out there wouldn't it be reasonable to assume there is a chance that the same conditions are met somewhere else to provide for complex life form development? It's a numbers game really isn't it?
As to visit each other, not a chance IMHO. The distances involved are just far too huge.
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Don't just suppose intelligent life needs the same conditons we have to exist, I don't think it would be an absolute requirement