Which are the odds of finding smartest life-forms than humans inside the Milky Way?
Outside of the Earth I'm not sure. There's that famous equation which is a product of conditional probabilties that computes the overall probability of the existence of intelligent life in the universe.
In my view, we don't have to look that far, since dolphins may be way smarter than us:
- they are sufficiently intelligent to have lots a free time
- this allows them to have a rich social life
- they have very few predators
- they don't ruin the oceans by pollution and over exploitation of live resources
nobody knows
@m011235 dolphins are extremely smart and I love them.
I'm not sure if they are smarter than us, or not, but they surely can not build like we do, since they don't have hands and live underwater. Even with our intelligence, we wouldn't be able to build in the same conditions.
@celinofj said in #5:
> @m011235 dolphins are extremely smart and I love them.
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> I'm not sure if they are smarter than us, or not, but they surely can not build like we do, since they don't have hands and live underwater. Even with our intelligence, we wouldn't be able to build in the same conditions.
Dolphins are also lowk assholes
@celinofj I know we're smarter than them, but: what's the point if we do something as incredibly short-sighted as ruining the only habitable planet within our reach? That tech that some are preparing to go Mars is awesome and super smart. But isn't it sad and insane at the same time?
Anyway, my intention wasn't to derail the conversation, just to challenge on the fly the notion that we're the "smartest".
Back to topic, I'd bet there's a lot of life out there. Organic compounds are being found all over the place, on comets, planets, in interstellar dust. I don't think it's just us.
It is possible, but unlikely.
Earth is close enough to the Sun to receive enough energy, but not too close so as not to overheat like Mercurius or Venus.
Earth has a Moon to sweep away incoming asteroids.
Earth has a magnetic field to keep us safe from cosmic radiation.
Earth has an ozone layer to keep us safe from ultraviolet radiation.
Earth has water.
I once saw in my dream that aliens attacked us suddenly and a war broke out....
If I work as a security guard at Samsung, does that make me the Guardian of the Galaxy?
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