Re: Our rocky solar system may be rare

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Sep 11 1999 - 12:34:48 MDT


Brian Manning Delaney wrote,

>> I don't see that the rarity of intelligent
>> life lowers the risk that we'll self-annihilate.
>
>Moi, I just meant that it increases the probability that the
>apparent absence of aliens has causes that aren't the
>self-annihilation of technical cultures, ergo....

If the absence of aliens is only "apparent" then it neither confirms nor
contradicts speculation about possible causes of absence.



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