Life in other planets – and in ours
Cosmologist Martin Rees does not think that modern civilization will make it past this century. Scientific and technological progress carry
with them the seeds of human destruction, whether through the harm we
cause to the environment, or straight out nuclear or biological
destruction.
So ironically, one of the core limitations to connecting with intelligent life elsewhere in the planet is our own unbridled ‘intelligence.’
You can make your own predictions about this at www.msnbc.com/modules/drake/default.asp
Sent from my iPhone – pardon typos
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