Do ‘Alien Species’ Exist in the Universe?

Some blog followers might be interested in a discussion list post “Do ‘Alien Species’ Exist in the Universe?” [Hake (2014)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Paul Handover in his “Learning from Dog’s” http://learningfromdogs.com/ blog entry “One couldn’t make it up: Stop the world, I want to get off” at http://bit.ly/1dtBJJ9, introduced George Monbiot’s http://bit.ly/1hyrg0O (2014) brilliant investigative Guardian piece “Drowning in Money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable: Every year billions are spent in Britain and Europe on policies that wreck homes and lives through flooding” http://bit.ly/1i6eglA, with the following:

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I am feeling somewhat forlorn about the way that we humans work things out! As the old saying goes:
Q1. Why has Planet Earth never been visited by an alien species?
A1. Because they have seen no signs of intelligent life!"
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BUT:
Q2. Do “alien species” exist in the Universe?
A2. Probably Not! – see “ ‘Where is Everybody?’ Failure to Detect Intelligence in the Universe is Due to Failure of Universities Throughout the Universe” [Hake (2013)] at http://bit.ly/H3roIC (6.8 MB).
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To access the complete 49 kB post please click on http://bit.ly/1kHEm0i.


Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands; President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII); LINKS TO: Academia http://bit.ly/a8ixxm; Articles http://bit.ly/a6M5y0; Blog http://bit.ly/9yGsXh; Facebook http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm; GooglePlus http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE; Google Scholar http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3; Linked In http://linkd.in/14uycpW; Research Gate http://bit.ly/1fJiSwB; Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs http://bit.ly/9nGd3M; Twitter http://bit.ly/juvd52.

REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 17 Jan 2014.]
Hake, R.R. “Do ‘Alien Species’ Exist in the Universe?” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/1kHEm0i. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.