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It sounds like you've concluded that because comet-cloud stirring happened in our solar system, it is "not even that rare" elsewhere. What's special about ours
by an_ko 11y ago
It sounds like you've concluded that because comet-cloud stirring happened in our solar system, it is "not even that rare" elsewhere. What's special about ours? Intelligent life also happened in our solar system, but you seem to consider it unlikely elsewhere.
It seems hasty to extrapolate either way without more data.
- fragsworth 11y agoYou don't need additional data when you can figure out the statistical likelihood of it happening by taking existing trajectories and number of stars in the galaxy. He is saying given what we know, it happens so frequently that it's not a surprise that it even happened to us.
- krylon 11y ago> Intelligent life also happened in our solar system, but you seem to consider it unlikely elsewhere. Occam's razor, plain and simple. If the strange variations in that star's brightness turned out to be caused by an alien civilization, that would be way, way cool. But before we jump to conclusions, we should explore more mundane explanations; given the unusual observations, it should still be very interesting, whatever the cause.
- vectorjohn 11y agoNobody, not the article or any of the comments, seem to have jumped to any conclusions. The article suggested possibilities, including comets. And reasons why it might not be that. And it included aliens, and some things that would be expected if it was that. All depending on more data which the article explained, they are waiting to collect.
- thomasrossi 11y agoIntelligent life building something big "approx half the size of the star".. mh, either they gave up on nano technology or they have found out that macro technology is better:)