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		utnick on Jan 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mars methane discovery hints at presence of life the odds are in your favor out of the millions of species on earth, only one is technologically sophisticated. And the others aren't even close to being there. A crazy long series of luck or intelligent design got us to where we are.

stcredzero on Jan 15, 2009 [–]

Intelligent species tend to kill each other off. Note that we aren't the only hominids. Note what we are doing to the most intelligent of our cousins. Note what we did to the Neanderthals.

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