@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@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.
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.