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Comment author: Thomas 27 March 2013 10:38:42AM -1 points [-]

It is possible that we are just the first "radio acquiring" intelligence on this planet. In this case we could expect others to evolve in the next hundred million years. Sure, if we disappear somehow without a technology left behind.

But it is also possible that we are the last as well no matter what. That our type of intelligence is just a tinny island in an ocean of possibilities.

What do you think?

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Comment author: ModusPonies 27 March 2013 05:24:58PM 1 point [-]

What information is the poll meant to provide? The correct answer to this question doesn't depend on LWer opinion.

Comment author: Jack 27 March 2013 10:42:57PM 3 points [-]

Presumably it is meant to provide information on LWer opinion.

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