> Maybe life is easy, but intelligence is hard Intelligence has evolved three times independently on earth - dinosaurs/birds (raptors, covids), mammals, and ce

> Maybe life is easy, but intelligence is hard Intelligence has evolved three times independently on earth - dinosaurs/birds (raptors, covids), mammals, and cephalopods (Octopus) > Maybe you need water and carbon Maybe so, but Oxygen and Carbon are only behind (albeit far behind) Hydrogen and Helium as the most abundant elements in the universe