Quote of the Day | 0509
Sagan, speaking from the point of view of an astrophysicist, pointed out that there are innumerable planets just like ours. There is no reason they shouldn’t have developed intelligent life. Mayr, from the point of view of a biologist, argued that it’s very unlikely that we’ll find any. And his reason was, he said, we have exactly one example: Earth. So let’s take a look at Earth.
And what he basically argued is that intelligence is a kind of lethal mutation.
Noam Chomsky, ‘Human Intelligence and the Environment’
[x]#8711 fan maandag 9 mei 2011 @ 11:50:08
