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Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not. December 31, 2012 4:24 pm TB

Harvard article here.

Link via Glenn Reynolds

If there is life, there will be intelligence. Eventually. by bowser 2013-01-02 22:21:50
- I agree and would add that- by johannes 2013-01-05 14:14:50
Maybe we become the *life* elsewhere in the Universe after we die here. by Jody 2012-12-31 21:33:22
- Very likely by FrankC 2013-01-01 09:38:51
  - Asimov by TB 2013-01-01 10:18:12
    - A hundred million years is the blink of an eye. by alcaray 2013-01-01 13:00:05
The idea that more time is needed for intelligent life... by FrankC 2012-12-31 17:22:48
On a star in Fornax there's a race of intellegent spiders... by alcaray 2012-12-31 17:11:55
- Spiders are poor candidates for intelligence. by bowser 2013-01-08 00:24:19