OK Arlo, Logic says it MUST be there - was all I was saying. ie the existence will be no surprise, though clearly the consequences of "contact" could be mind-blowing. And Try "finely balanced" (rather than perfect or tuned) - I'm OK with that. I didn't intend to imply any sentient teleology, as I felt sure you would already know.
Sorry to jump on you over the Fermi Paradox and sophisticated AP's, but you seemed to be "dismissing" them, without even any acknowledgement. I was just expressing interest in understanding them, and keeping open mind on acceptance or denial. More substantially - apart from your subjective impression - why do you see the physical evidence as "untuned". The "rarity" is just our matter of perspective from our small and short tenure on our corner of the observable universe - it's very big and old. This is where I see you denying strong scientific evidence of the apparent "fine balance" - whatever the explanation or reasoning ? The tuning, sorry balance, says life is to be expected in this universe. Our lack of contact so far is an entirely separate issue, surely ? Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
