Obviously. But why say rocks when crystals could do the job? Obviously you have forgotten Bill Shatner's fav Trek episode, The Devil in the Dark (1967)?The Devil in the Dark - Wikipedia
I would say that IF Black Clouds exist as a species, or that there can be naturally occurring Electric or Electronic Life, (nat computers?), they'd be looking for life as They Know it. Same with us. This is our speculation and there are logical ups and downs for or against my assertion. Being Shy would accommodate the Life as we know it and this'd be our Cosmic Zoo Galaxy-but you have know this for years. For me, it looks like a cold-dead, hot-dead, galaxy. But I don't get to make the discoveries being a mere, American serf. I still read sci-fi. Sometimes it holds, often it doesn't? Current Sci-fi thriller, Portals (sorta good-sorta uneven). Best Sci-fi Authors in my opinion? Stephen Baxter (engineer) specializes in Multiverses, & astrophysicist, Alastair Reynolds. I will go with Freeman Dyson astronomy & physics. The better we build our equipment, the more we learn. -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> To: spudboy...@aol.com Cc: everything-list@googlegroups.com <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 9, 2023 4:55 am Subject: Re: On The Super Intellect and the cosmos On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 6:43 PM <spudboy...@aol.com> wrote: > Things that we're not accustomed to seeing as living or intelligent could > exist. There is no end to the "maybe" game. Maybe rocks are brilliantly intelligent but they're just shy and taciturn. But I doubt it. > Could Hoyles clouds or other things be alive, and we wouldn't have a clue? Could ET be super intelligent and yet every single one of them wants to let 99.99999....% of the universe's photons go to waste instead of putting them to work to produce more thoughts and a more aware universe? Maybe, but I doubt it. > Would scientists be surprised if something unusual arrived? Obviously. Would scientists be surprised if it turned out that rocks really were brilliant? Obviously. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis ou0p -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/17516623.5683195.1673390005520%40mail.yahoo.com.
