re: #60 erik_t

I don’t make that assumption, I was just answering the time question as posed. the likelihood is impossible to discern, given we have such a miniscule sampling of the possibilities.

Heck, it’s quite possible the reason we see so few intelligent beings is we are toolmaker biased. A little semi kidding-Some big brained mammal could be a species of mathematicians, but we could not tell because they don’t publish.

I have had this idea for a sci fi epic-We have FTL craft that gives us free reign of our arm of the galaxy, and we are the only species out there smarter than a dog. This despite millions of life bearing globes.