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15. There could be other types of ecosystems, but still rare.

Thu May 22, 2014, 12:11 PM

May 2014

And I think the possibility of 'direct contact' is highly unlikely. For one thing, Man will die out within a century or two.

That's a small target of time in a universe that has existed for billions of years.

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Some one beat me to the alien expert guy Kalidurga May 2014 #30

That state of being, polynomial May 2014 #31

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This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #34

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