The most daunting tasks in our efforts to find life on other planets are distance and technology. If we find any sort of life in our own Solar System it will more than likely be microscopic and unable to evolve beyond that state due to very extreme conditions.
The search for life, let alone intelligent life, beyond our Solar System is, at present, so far from any comprehensible possibility that nothing will be achieved in our lifetimes, unless we receive a visit!
Let's not forget that basic animal and plant life existed on Earth for several hundreds of millions of years before perhaps some freak accident, or unaccountable event caused man to evolve from a lesser being. From there we slowly developed meaningful communications both oral and written, as well as other skills and capabilites that eventually set us apart from wild animals.
The search for life, let alone intelligent life, beyond our Solar System is, at present, so far from any comprehensible possibility that nothing will be achieved in our lifetimes, unless we receive a visit!
Let's not forget that basic animal and plant life existed on Earth for several hundreds of millions of years before perhaps some freak accident, or unaccountable event caused man to evolve from a lesser being. From there we slowly developed meaningful communications both oral and written, as well as other skills and capabilites that eventually set us apart from wild animals.
