So far we only have one sample of life to go by, but using that as a guideline, it looks like the most common kind would be bugs and insects, then plants and a small percentage of vertebrates.

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09-08-2010 10:33 PM

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Okay, then going to the next step, again looking at the one sample we have, critters that develop and use technology are almost none existent.

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Look at the life forms in our sample over the history of the earth. What percentage of the life forms have used technology during what percentage of the existence of life on the earth?

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09-08-2010 10:50 PM

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But it at least suggests the possibility of long term continued existence, potentially even beyond the life span of the sun.

Huh?

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09-08-2010 11:19 PM

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Not sure I see any indications of that, but it still has little to do with what alien life forms might be like.

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09-10-2010 5:46 PM

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Re: Fermi's Loss

Or they already arrived here, found out about Lite Beer and simply wrote this place off the return list.

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