Re: ALIENS would be dumb! Stupid! Primitive!

JTEM wrote:
> On 11/30/25 11:43 AM, jojo wrote:
> 
>> i dont believe anything special happens in the universe. if a 
>> species reaches star traveling capacity, power laws take over 
>> determining their distribution.
> 
> That's a different issue entirely.
> 
> The fact is that if there are other "Intelligent" species out there,
> the vast majority would have to be pretty primitive. Very few, 
> precious
> few could ever attain an age sufficient to develop deity-like powers
> (technology). The overwhelming majority would go extinct before they
> could ever reach that far.
> 
> Of course the real consequence to my observations would be...
> 
> If any "Intelligent" species is likely primitive, no more advanced
> than we are, how do we find them? We can't reach them, they can't 
> reach
> us...
> 

we dont know that for sure if they go extinct. once fire and 
stone tools are made, humans become cocroaches.