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If there is intelligent life out there, then the universe should be full of
von Neumann probes. or we should see evidence of a galaxy where one of these went awry. This is one of the more interesting wikipedia articles I've read.
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Perhaps the von Neumann probes are biochemical--meaning we are the probes. What's the theory called? panspermia or sporeogenesis?