Monday, September 23, 2013

How Old Does a Universe Have to be in Order to Produce Intelliegent Life?

I have a question for Quantum Physicists and Cosmologists: What is the minimum age a universe must be before it can produce intelligent life? After the big bang, the universe is full of hot, chaos for a long, long time. Finally, things settle down. Somewhere in between, planets and stars and etc. come and go. At what age is the universe no longer too chaotic and dangerous to sustain life somewhere long enough for that life to become intelligent? This is an interesting question because it could help us to figure whether or not there is other intelligent life in the universe and if so how much older is it than us. Maybe we're in the first generation?

It occurs to me that our universe has no name. I would like to suggest Universe Josh, or we could call it Michael Jackson. Either way, I'm good.

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