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Metus comments on Open thread, 14-20 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 14 July 2014 07:12:06PM 1 point [-]

Maybe this is part of the great filter? No planets that have lower gravitational force are hospitable to intelligent life and all planets that are hospitable to intelligent life have higher gravitational force. We are just incredibly lucky to lie just one the boundary.

I am not suggesting that gravity causes intelligent life to evolve but that the overall characteristic of such planets is such that etc.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 15 July 2014 03:47:45PM 0 points [-]

Doubtful. You can lift a seed colony up to where launch is easy.