If I consider the strong anthropic principle as part of this...it probably depends on who is walking by. <G> -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of astrodeb@charter.net Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: RE: [Utah-astronomy] fodder for the list I heard about a parrot that would say "Hello you son of a b---h" as people walked by. What is the probability of it saying that on it's own without help from a higher form intelligence? Pretty slim I would say. Debbie