[ExI] fermi paradox

[hkhenson]

At 12:39 AM 12/11/2007, John K Clark wrote:
>"hkhenson" <hkhenson at rogers.com>
>
> > If we are the first then we face a completely unknown future.
>
>That is absolutely true and absolutely terrifying. I don't know about you
>but it scares the shit out of me. Oh well, at least things won't be boring.

It's an improvement over a lethal future implied by the assumption 
that intelligence is common and what we can see looking out into the universe.

Keith