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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. For what it's worth,

Reply to Jim__ (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:12 PM

Sep 2024

My Son The Astronomer tells me that many astronomers think we humans actually got here pretty fast, and may well be the first (and so far only) technological civilization in the galaxy.

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Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds? [View all] Jim__ Sep 2024 OP

For what it's worth, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2024 #1

How are humans any different than, say, ants? Or beetles? hunter Sep 2024 #2

Two points that were not clear just based on my excerpt. Jim__ Sep 2024 #3

What can anyone discern from a sample size of one? hunter Sep 2024 #4