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Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:52 amThe odds of finding tool-using life as we know it in our lifetimes? Admittedly we're virtually certain not to find it. But there's always a chance it found find us...
Actually we found already tool-using life. Apes in general are fairly well capable of tool-use, but also a number of ̶m̶̶o̶̶d̶̶e̶̶r̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶i̶̶n̶̶o̶̶s̶̶a̶̶u̶̶r̶̶s̶ birds are fairly adapt as well. Crows in particular and various parrot-species come to mind. Crows especially are even capable of refurbishing things to use them as a tool in a limited capacity. Also, various cephalopods are hot-contenders in so far as they possess an astonishing capacity for problem-solving and, argueably, tool-use as well. Not to even talk about dolphins and elephants.
We didn't find any of those in our lifetimes. Sorry, I should have said "alien life."
By the end of this month there will be two rovers on the Moon, both from countries that aren't the US and Russia. Space access is cheaper than ever before. That future we were all promised? Might actually arrive in 15 years.
I'll hold my breath till when I can afford a 1-week vacation in a space-station or till we have a sizeable and permanently crewd base on the moon. Until then, I'll refrain from "in 15 years" predictions, as I still have to recover from my fusion-enthusiasm in my youth
"If you get shot up by an A6M Reisen and your plane splits into pieces - does that mean it's divided by Zero?
- xoxSAUERKRAUTxox
Sorry, I should have said "alien life."
