The Machine Consciousness Thing

Oka: Maybe we just haven't got into the next big evolutionary hurdle. It's possible, i guess, that we invent technology that has species and inconsequences. Oka: What if another highly sophisticated class three kind of civilization does exist able to traverse the galaxy with technology such that it is godlike? And what if this civilization seeks out life forms that evolve past a certain point before you find whatever magic technology it is that allows you to traverse space? The likelihood of other life formss existing at the same time as our life forms is likely much, much lower.