We are alone in the Universe, unless we guess otherwise.

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Re: We are alone in the Universe, unless we guess otherwise.

Post by rainbow » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:49 am

JimC wrote:
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It's not the final figure that is particularly vital, but the range of possible assumptions in various scenarios are interesting. They do seem to be assuming that once life arises, intelligent life is a certainty. Many consider the evolution of intelligence to be somewhat of a fluke...
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Re: We are alone in the Universe, unless we guess otherwise.

Post by laklak » Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:12 pm

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Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: We are alone in the Universe, unless we guess otherwise.

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Re: We are alone in the Universe, unless we guess otherwise.

Post by rainbow » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:13 am

laklak wrote:
Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:12 pm
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