@the_tech_beast to Asklemmy • 3 years agoWe often think of aliens as green men with big heads. But what if there is another planet in the universe with humans?message-square8arrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWe often think of aliens as green men with big heads. But what if there is another planet in the universe with humans?@the_tech_beast to Asklemmy • 3 years agomessage-square8file-text
minus-square@inciderlink4•3 years agoYeah, if that happened, that would be new data that would need explaining, in the context of evolution.
minus-square@pinknoiselink1•3 years agoI mean if humans were a (local) optimum in the space of possible species on earth-like planets¹, evolution would evolve them most of the time. ¹ Which I’d highly doubt
minus-square@Lightbritelitelink2•edit-23 years agoI feel like there’d be more crab like creatures than bipedal humanoids out there, just given how many crab-alikes there are on earth
minus-square@sibachianlink1•3 years agointelligence isn’t even selected for as an evolutionary trait due to the costs. we just got lucky. right time, right place.
Yeah, if that happened, that would be new data that would need explaining, in the context of evolution.
I mean if humans were a (local) optimum in the space of possible species on earth-like planets¹, evolution would evolve them most of the time.
¹ Which I’d highly doubt
I feel like there’d be more crab like creatures than bipedal humanoids out there, just given how many crab-alikes there are on earth
intelligence isn’t even selected for as an evolutionary trait due to the costs. we just got lucky. right time, right place.