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| From | nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare |
| Date | 2016-05-26 17:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ni7cvc$6ln$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <1f9ef570-6de6-417c-86e2-81c7610eb6d4@googlegroups.com> <f0e85bc1-2b67-4406-940c-bfac85089732@googlegroups.com> |
Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 9:51:08 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote: > [...] >> I agree that this is a possibility; we don't know enough, however, to know how >> many different routes to intelligence there are. While a Star Trek universe where >> nearly every solar system is taken is unlikely, whether there are hundreds of >> civilizations in each galaxy, or we are the only one in the whole Universe is >> still very much an unknown in my opinion. > > How many independently evolved intelligent species are there in Star Trek? > > I'm not a Trekkie, but I recall TNG showing that all the rubber-forehead races > (including humans) had a single origin. There weren't too many others (the > 'Q'?). > I agree there weren't many. My ST memories get fuzzier by the day, especially for TNG and Voyager, but a few that come to mind are: - the Horta - species of shapeshifters (Odo) - lizard/reptile species (Gorn?) - vague memories of insectoid species - energy-based species (e.g. medusans in the TOS episode with Diana Muldaur) - and maybe Wesley's nanites? Tony
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Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-26 06:51 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Stephen Allcroft <stephenallcroft@lycos.co.uk> - 2016-05-26 08:02 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-26 16:27 +0000
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-05-26 08:18 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-05-26 17:49 +0000
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Jack_Bohn" <jackbohn64@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 11:13 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-27 09:01 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-05-27 17:17 +0000
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-27 10:44 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 13:01 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 13:33 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-05-28 01:17 +0000
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-05-27 16:49 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 14:23 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 15:34 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 15:33 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-28 08:17 +0300
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-05-28 00:09 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 15:05 -0500
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 17:01 -0500
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 19:16 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-28 21:09 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-29 05:40 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2016-05-29 17:01 +1200
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-05-29 12:21 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-05-29 10:30 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-05-29 12:25 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-29 10:56 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-05-29 12:31 -0500
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-29 23:21 +0300
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 12:12 -0500
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-05-31 08:05 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-31 08:14 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-05-31 10:30 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-05-31 11:34 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-31 08:50 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-05-31 13:00 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-02 14:21 +0800
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-02 07:59 -0400
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-31 12:01 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-31 12:48 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-02 14:22 +0800
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 11:15 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-31 13:13 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-28 03:03 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare patmpowers@gmail.com - 2016-05-27 04:28 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 13:24 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-27 14:53 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 17:19 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 17:37 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 18:54 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-05-27 21:38 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 21:43 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-05-27 15:00 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 15:29 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare patmpowers@gmail.com - 2016-05-27 15:53 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 18:30 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-05-28 00:14 -0600
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 00:17 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-05-28 10:30 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 15:48 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 15:27 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 19:55 -0700
Re: Intelligent Life Could Be Rare Adamastor Glace Mortimer <nospam@no.invalid> - 2016-05-28 13:24 +0000
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