Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Egon Spengler View Post
Life like us could only exist if the same circumstances took place on that planet as they did on this planet. If the dinosaurs hadn't got annihilated, there wouldn't even be intelligent life on this planet. Plus, there's a few billion years of evolution after that, so if the planet isn't that old to begin with, the species wouldn't be evolved yet. From a rational perspective, the chances are very slim that life as intelligent as humans live anywhere else besides earth.
What's to say that other variables cannot allow life to, y'know... have intelligence? It may not be life EXACTLY like us, because they would probably have different laws, weather and the such- or different elements, as it may. Keep in mind that even if the same exact parameters did not exist, the environment is one of the keys to evolution. Whoever or wherever those beings on that particular planet are, even if they aren't intelligent, you can't deny that they are the building blocks to an intelligent race.