as a virus mutates over time, it infects more people but also becomes less deadly.
Statistically speaking, yes. That doesn't mean you can't get a mutation that becomes more deadly every once in a while.
If there is bacteria, they will probably find complex creatures with some sort of intelligence
Non sequitur. The jump from single-celled organisms to multicellular life is difficult. Dolphins did not exist on Earth until 50Mya. Bacteria have been there for at least 3000Mya.
The mere existence of this question, a variation on the liar paradox, suggests that the future is intrinsically unknowable, even theoretically.
Does the barber paradox make barbers impossible?
All lossy video compression is purely integer-based.
Wait, whaaat? Aren't these purely FP transforms?
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.