Wayne Eddy wrote: > > What I was thinking, is that given the Andromeda Galaxy > is larger than our the chances of intelligent life > evolving there a few tens of millions years earlier than > here would seem to be good. > But why whould a bigger galaxy [and, AFAIK, Andromeda is not _that_ much bigger than the Milky Way] necessary imply that life should start earlier? It could be the opposite: bigger galaxy => higher number of supernovas => higher chance that life gets wiped out in the earlier stages.
Alberto Monteiro
