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> It just does it in a way that makes us feel like we're receiving some sort of imparted scientific wisdom If that is the way people choose to see it, that is
by nollidge 16y ago
> It just does it in a way that makes us feel like we're receiving some sort of imparted scientific wisdom
If that is the way people choose to see it, that is not Drake's fault. It sounds like you and dantheman really only have a problem with the bullshit "religious" implications some poor souls wish to divine from a dry bit of math.
The Drake equation is not a religious statement until you fill in faith-based numbers.
- dantheman 16y agoMy only problem is that it gives people some senses of rigorousness, without actually providing it. I could say the chance of extraterrestrial life is .4% pulling that number out of the air, and you can use the Drake equation and get .99% but you know what -- both are made up #s and yours is in no way more accurate than mine, but because of the use of an equation people will think it has scientific merit and is more rigorous.