Marvin Minsky Quote
Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' that – where merely hundreds of person-years sufficed.
"Communication with Alien Intelligence", in Extraterrestrials: Science and Alien Intelligence (1985) edited by Edward Regis also published in Byte Magazine (April 1985)
Communication with Alien Intelligence[web.media.mit.edu]