What about the improbability drive in the Heart of Gold? If you could brew a really hot, strong cup of tea......

Maybe intelligent life "as we know it" is the limiting factor. It's not so hard to imagine life evolving up to and beyond our current technological level. And I don't think technology is the limiting factor. Someone asked the question of how we developed from rocks and trees to plastics and semi-conductors, and someone else gave a pretty good answer. The first powered flight, at least by the conventional standards, occurred in 1903; today we're sending vehicles to Mars, and farther. That's a lot of advancement for 100 years or so, who can say what progress will happen in the next 100 or more?

Torogs comments made me realize that in beings like ourselves, sheer bloody mindedness and stupidity would hold them back. They may have the technical potential to reach the stars, like we do, but may not survive to make the trip, being bent on self destruction, as we seem to be. An alien society which has overcome the technical and social challenges might not be interested in meeting us; sort of like the way I avoid the noisy, obnoxious neighbors down the street.

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4252 Reviewed by 4252 on . Do you beleive in aliens????? Ok so maybe it's the percocets talking but like why would the supreme being create all these planets and make only one race to inhabit one of these many planets? Think hard about it. Rating: 5