🔒 Cosmic brain lottery
Why aliens may be either as boring as rhinos or so intelligent that we won’t survive it
We are too stupid to grasp how stupid we are—but smart enough to worry about it. That asymmetry defines the human condition better than any philosophical treatise. And it’s precisely this that should keep us from drawing hasty conclusions about what kinds of Aliens we might encounter in space.
Let’s start with the invoice for intellect, because the Universe gives nothing for free.
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