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> It seems quite reasonable to believe that life inevitably evolves into intelligent life if given enough time. From what we have seen on Earth, it does not se
by petters 3y ago
> It seems quite reasonable to believe that life inevitably evolves into intelligent life if given enough time.
From what we have seen on Earth, it does not seem inevitable. Dinosaurs were the largest land animals for a very long time and they did not, as far as we know, evolve towards being more intelligent. The same seems to be true for many other animal groups that have been around for a long time.
- hermitcrab 3y agoThey don't seem to have created any technology, but it is hard to know how intelligent they were. Their brains were small, but crows have quite small brains and they are relatively intelligent. If dinosaurs had used tools, would this show up in the fossil record?
- billytetrud 3y ago> it does not seem inevitable The belief that intelligent life isn't inevitable is not inconsistent with the belief that intelligent life usually will happen from any life given enough time. Why are you positioning those things as opposed? They are not.