I think we will at least develop warp drive before Pentax releases a DSLR. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:59 PM Subject: OT: The problems of E.T. (was Re: pentax smc 15mm A turned into Star Trek Thread) > Given the Star trek thread am I the only one with reservations that mankind > will ever find another space faring species? If you think about it. If in > fact evolution is a random series of advancement of a species, what are the > chances of developing to an intellectual scale at least as high as ours, > developing opposable thumbs necessary for tool use, create a society that > develops and innovates new,complex tools (machines) etc., etc. For instance; > what if life never leaves the sea? You might get a species as intelligent > as mankind but would never discover the use of fire, necessary for metal > working. So either evolution follows a yet undiscovered set of rules, life > on Earth was "seeded" by another species or the chance of another "mankind" > is miniscule at best. > > Personally, I believe we will find evidence of life (organic matter) outside > of Earth if not in our lifetime, then in our children's. I'm betting on > either bacteria on Mars or life in liquid water on Europa. The romantic in > me would like to believe in other human like species, but I'm not betting on > it. > > What do others think. And to keep it semi on topic, do you think we will > find extraterrestrial life before Pentax releases their digital SLR? :) > > >
