Zachary_Kurtz comments on Simon Conway Morris: "Aliens are likely to look and behave like us". - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JamesAndrix 25 January 2010 04:39:50PM 7 points [-]

I predict that any intelligent species decended from apes or apelike animals will greatly resemble us.

Ones decended from proto-octopi will look different.

I'm not sure he's only slightly woo. Just because he's not a typical creationist doesn't mean he's not more woo. If he's got a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution, then all his evolution talk is just science themed woo.

Also: He's saying they'll look like us if they're out there, but it looks like they're not out there. This seems like he's making a prediction that's exactly as precise as he thinks it's unfalsifiable.