Reminds me of how some animals were domesticated several times, and some only once, because they spread with technology (cats, I think). So, whether alien compu

Reminds me of how some animals were domesticated several times, and some only once, because they spread with technology (cats, I think). So, whether alien computronium reaches us before we start our own depends on hsppenstance, of who happened to start first. PS: Sorry; accidental mobile downvote when trying to upvote :(