[mommya]

Have you ever read about Edgar Cayce? In his trances he talked about reincarnation, even though (I think) he was a Christian. Anyway - he thought there were a finite # of souls - and that while there may be life in many forms out there in the universe - they were nothing without the souls. He said that the souls sort of migrate as a group, experiencing different kinds of lives as they go. I would always think of bugs when I read this - how they might swarm onto an apple tree for a while, use it up, then move on to something else. Requires a whole 'nother belief in something we have no proof of - souls - but could explain the lack of proof of ET's - only one place at a time is occupied by the life that has souls. Probably couldn't be further from the mind of Fermi - but interesting.

[I see my hands]

Thanks for the considered response. Yes, I'm familiar with E.C.

But Cayce just made up a little story, and that's fine, we all do it. But there is zero cause to expect one's story to be the truth.

Imo, the story is probably beyond what we can grasp. Like an ant can't grasp who the big guys walking around all over the place are. 'Course, that's just my story.

Say, your not my buddy, Youngman, are you?