Re: [asa] Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing.

One other caveat: Given that we have no reason to suppose that we have
been exceptionally slow at evolving, yet a significant interstellar
presence for humanity seems a long ways off, it is possible that the
conclusions are premature.

(Of course, assuming that our inclination to spread is normative is
extrapolating from a small sample; inclination to spread would not
necessarily translate into von Neumann probes as opposed to more
ordinary exploratory probes, etc.)

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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