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    1 year ago

    There’s a correlation between eyesight and intelligence (in species, not individuals) - interpreting visual inputs takes a lot of brain power, and might be one of the factors pushing for greater intelligence. So, there’s at least a decent chance that intelligent aliens would have good eyesight.

    Also, they’d need hands, or something equivalent.

    Once you have hand(equivalent)s, decent eyes, and intelligence, hand-eye-coordination isn’t far off.

    If elephants can figure out how to throw rocks with enough force to kill a child, then so can E.T.