# What bottlenecks would you consider for the drake equation that prevent the development of intelligent, technologically advanced life **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bottlenecks-would-you-consider-for-the-drake-equation-that-prevent-the-development-of-intelligent-technologically-advanced-life/1031581 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [July 11, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bottlenecks-would-you-consider-for-the-drake-equation-that-prevent-the-development-of-intelligent-technologically-advanced-life/1031581 "2026-07-11T04:22:46Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 43
### Author: ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy) #### Post date: [July 13, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bottlenecks-would-you-consider-for-the-drake-equation-that-prevent-the-development-of-intelligent-technologically-advanced-life/1031581/43 "2026-07-13T14:53:50Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > That was partly my motivation for a thread I started last year asking just how much more dangerous the Cretaceous would be for humans than any period during the Age of Mammals (alas people misconstrued what I wante You mean this one? > [@You are transported back to 70 million BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-back-to-70-million-bce/1021335): > > …how much more dangerous would it be than going back 20,000 years say? [To eliminate the effects of the Pleistocene extinctions as well as the subsequent civilization and industrialization trends.] What would you need to bring with you to stay alive? Would anything less than an armored combat vehicle give you a chance? Is a T-Rex or a Raptor going to be more dangerous than any Pleistocene predator? Howzabout a swim in the ocean, and a Mosasaur vs. a shark (yes I know sharks were around back t… I just searched for any post with your username and the word “cretaceous” in the last 2 years. Beyond the search, yes, I agree w your points in your post just above. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bottlenecks-would-you-consider-for-the-drake-equation-that-prevent-the-development-of-intelligent-technologically-advanced-life/1031581)._