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Intelligent Life is Everywhere

Posted By Tanner On February 25, 2009 @ 11:55 am In Asides | Comments Disabled

Researchers out of Scotland have been using supercomputers to simulate possible circumstances under which life could evolve.  The result?  “…at least 361 intelligent civilizations have emerged in the Milky Way since its creation, and as many as 38,000 may have formed.”  (Quote taken from this CNN article [1].)  Makes one feel small, eh?

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[1] this CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/25/galaxy.planets.kepler/index.html?eref=rss_latest

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