Well I'm not sure if this is what Syme was getting at because I'm sitting at a bar and I'm currently simple jacked about to bring home cougars, but...
While life has existed on earth for significantly longer than "intelligent life" has, the way that intelligent life has accellerated so quickly here would indicate that, were we to find a planet with life, the odds of having both intelligent life, and intelligent life capable of receiving communication are pretty much the same.
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