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Yakk · 03-24-2004, 11:19 AM

Mantus, realize that dolphins are really close relatives of ours.

Mammals are much smarter and/or more active than the competing lifeforms (reptiles and birds), and the age of mammals isn't all that old.

Hell, the age of animal life on land isn't that old, or the age of herbivor/carnivor/plant serious competition. And, if I know my paleobiology, the the concept of multicellular life is pretty recent.

All of these are on scales compared to the age of the earth.

The solar system itself isn't that old for a star of it's type: and only stars of its type would have as much high atomic-weight atoms lieing around, giving us the building blocks of technology.

There are explanations behind how the universe is hospitable for life. Amoung them are the "really damn huge" universe explainations, where the universe is MUCH MUCH larger than we think it is, and what we think of as 'universal constants' vary slowly over the entire universe.

The 'universe' we know and love happens to be a place where the constants are hospitable to life. Life and intelligence doesn't show up where it isn't hospitable to life, to life never seeing a 'universe' inhospitable to life wouldn't be shocking.

(I think this is an arguement based off the weak anthropomorphic principle?)

03-24-2004, 11:19 AM	#35 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	Mantus, realize that dolphins are really close relatives of ours. Mammals are much smarter and/or more active than the competing lifeforms (reptiles and birds), and the age of mammals isn't all that old. Hell, the age of animal life on land isn't that old, or the age of herbivor/carnivor/plant serious competition. And, if I know my paleobiology, the the concept of multicellular life is pretty recent. All of these are on scales compared to the age of the earth. The solar system itself isn't that old for a star of it's type: and only stars of its type would have as much high atomic-weight atoms lieing around, giving us the building blocks of technology. There are explanations behind how the universe is hospitable for life. Amoung them are the "really damn huge" universe explainations, where the universe is MUCH MUCH larger than we think it is, and what we think of as 'universal constants' vary slowly over the entire universe. The 'universe' we know and love happens to be a place where the constants are hospitable to life. Life and intelligence doesn't show up where it isn't hospitable to life, to life never seeing a 'universe' inhospitable to life wouldn't be shocking. (I think this is an arguement based off the weak anthropomorphic principle?) __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.