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I think that the desire is mainstream, just look at the TV shows and movies that explore the idea of alien life. But I think the reason it’s not talked about m
by untog 7y ago
I think that the desire is mainstream, just look at the TV shows and movies that explore the idea of alien life.
But I think the reason it’s not talked about more is that our knowledge is essentially non existent and hasn’t really changed in, say, the last fifty years?
- adrianN 7y agoFifty years ago we didn't even know whether there were planets outside of our solar system.
- untog 7y agoBut that hasn’t really changed our knowledge of alien life much. We still know it’s possible for it to be out there, but we have no idea if it is.
- speedplane 7y ago> But that hasn’t really changed our knowledge of alien life much. We still know it’s possible for it to be out there, but we have no idea if it is. The Drake equation is a nice framework to determine the probability of life outside of our planet. Sure, the end result is still a big mystery, but many of the variables in the Drake equation have been solved or narrowed down (e.g., star formation, planet formation, etc.). To say that there has been no progress in the last 50 years is silly.
- mhh__ 7y agoA large amount of our solar system hadn't been mapped yet (and wouldn't be for a few decades)