Janna Levin

Right. You could use a kind of evolutionary Darwinian natural selection on that, where survival isn't just in a harsh, naturally-induced climate change, but it's because of a nuclear holocaust. And then something will... be created that is now impervious to that, that now knows how to survive.

Right. You could use a kind of evolutionary Darwinian natural selection on that, where survival isn't just in a harsh, naturally-induced climate change, but it's because of a nuclear holocaust. And then something will... be created that is now impervious to that, that now knows how to survive.

Right. You could use a kind of evolutionary Darwinian natural selection on that, where survival isn't just in a harsh, naturally-induced climate change, but it's because of a nuclear holocaust. And then something will... be created that is now impervious to that, that now knows how to survive.

Right. Well, because that's a pretty big bar. So if you look at the, just to say, for comparison, dinosaurs, you know, 250 million years. I mean, maybe not very bright. Didn't invent fire, didn't write sonnets. They didn't contemplate the origin of the universe, but they lived. And in a benign situation without confronting their own demise at their own hands, paws, hooves.

Right. Well, because that's a pretty big bar. So if you look at the, just to say, for comparison, dinosaurs, you know, 250 million years. I mean, maybe not very bright. Didn't invent fire, didn't write sonnets. They didn't contemplate the origin of the universe, but they lived. And in a benign situation without confronting their own demise at their own hands, paws, hooves.

Right. Well, because that's a pretty big bar. So if you look at the, just to say, for comparison, dinosaurs, you know, 250 million years. I mean, maybe not very bright. Didn't invent fire, didn't write sonnets. They didn't contemplate the origin of the universe, but they lived. And in a benign situation without confronting their own demise at their own hands, paws, hooves.

So it's just a sheer numbers game. That's a long time, 250 million years. I do think, though, that life can flourish without wanting to manipulate its environment and that we do see many examples of species on Earth that are very long-lived, very, very long-lived, and have very different states of consciousness. They have the jellyfish, does not even have a localized brain.

So it's just a sheer numbers game. That's a long time, 250 million years. I do think, though, that life can flourish without wanting to manipulate its environment and that we do see many examples of species on Earth that are very long-lived, very, very long-lived, and have very different states of consciousness. They have the jellyfish, does not even have a localized brain.

So it's just a sheer numbers game. That's a long time, 250 million years. I do think, though, that life can flourish without wanting to manipulate its environment and that we do see many examples of species on Earth that are very long-lived, very, very long-lived, and have very different states of consciousness. They have the jellyfish, does not even have a localized brain.

I don't think they have a heart or blood. I mean, they're really different from us. And that's what I think we have to start thinking about when we think about aliens. Those species have lived for a very, very long time. They even show some evidence of immortality. You can wound one badly, and there are certain jellyfish that will go back into a kind of pre-state and start over.

I don't think they have a heart or blood. I mean, they're really different from us. And that's what I think we have to start thinking about when we think about aliens. Those species have lived for a very, very long time. They even show some evidence of immortality. You can wound one badly, and there are certain jellyfish that will go back into a kind of pre-state and start over.

I don't think they have a heart or blood. I mean, they're really different from us. And that's what I think we have to start thinking about when we think about aliens. Those species have lived for a very, very long time. They even show some evidence of immortality. You can wound one badly, and there are certain jellyfish that will go back into a kind of pre-state and start over.

So I think we're very attached to imagining creatures like us that manipulate technology. And I think we have to be way more imaginative if we're going to really take seriously life in the universe.

So I think we're very attached to imagining creatures like us that manipulate technology. And I think we have to be way more imaginative if we're going to really take seriously life in the universe.

So I think we're very attached to imagining creatures like us that manipulate technology. And I think we have to be way more imaginative if we're going to really take seriously life in the universe.

They might not be violent.

They might not be violent.

They might not be violent.

They might be solitary. They might not be social. They might not move in groups. They might not want to leave records. They might, again, not have a localized brain or have a completely different kind of nervous system. I think all we can say about life is it has something to do with moving electrons around. And neurologically, we move electrons through our nervous system.

They might be solitary. They might not be social. They might not move in groups. They might not want to leave records. They might, again, not have a localized brain or have a completely different kind of nervous system. I think all we can say about life is it has something to do with moving electrons around. And neurologically, we move electrons through our nervous system.