[JRandomFreeper]

And if WE are the most advanced and smartest race out there? It's just as likely as another species being it.

But that never gets brought up.

/johnny

[RegulatorCountry]

Until there’s evidence of life beyond this blue orb it’s just as “correct” to say that we’re it, as it is to assume that we’re not. Seems highly unlikely in light of the apparent scale of the universe, but until it’s known it’s conjecture.

[Axenolith]

http://www.amazon.com/Bowl-Heaven-Gregory-Benford/dp/0765366460

Bowl Of Heaven does a nice job of depicting advanced life in a universe constrained by known physical laws. It and it’s sequel were a couple of my best recent Sci-Fi reads...