Aliens among us.....

[Funka Genocide]

Eh, seem to me if we figure out sustainable inter-galactic flight we'd get this whole mortality thing nipped in the bud as well. Then we could just float endlessly looking for new stuff to make friends with/make fun of/eat/have sex with.

I mean conceptually its not that big of a leap. There are discernible factors which lead to the evolution of life, you just recreate those factors using your wonderful galaxy machine as you flit about on your star chariot filled with cheetos and booze. If you get bored, make a kid and eat a bullet.

THE FUTURE!

(Plus everybody goes all apeshit with the tentacle monster plant thing. I get the feeling that life is some form of physical constant in the universe, and barring a few minor variations here and there it probably follows similar trends wherever it arises. Just like planets are roughly spherical and stars are hot, intelligent life is probably endothermic, mostly hairless and possessed of opposable thumbs. They might have weird hairstyles though.)