[ExI] kepler study says 8.8e9 earthlike planets

[Mike Dougherty]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:05 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Mike Dougherty  wrote:
> > Why is dry land [inherently] better for smarts than ocean?
>
> Because on dry land you are forced to invent umbrellas.
>
> As opposed to just swimming around and occasionally opening your mouth
> to eat something.
>

Our oceans may mean abundance for the life that started there, but that
isn't necessarily a feature of all oceans.

Another case might be superabundance of resource provides an equally
superdangerous environment - which could drive innovation/clever to afford
a survival advantage.
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