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Previous related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17302924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17302924. Interview with Anders Sandberg (co-author in the cited paper) making clear that he thinks there's still almost certainly life out there even though the estimations are pessimistic: https://futurism.com/life-universe-scientist-drake-equation-study/ https://futurism.com/life-universe-scientist-drake-equation-...