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My thoughts exactly. I've always found it funny how people imply there's some major issue with cosmology because the Drake equation shows there should be intell
by DubiousPusher 7y ago
My thoughts exactly. I've always found it funny how people imply there's some major issue with cosmology because the Drake equation shows there should be intelligent life all over. Even though some of the terms in that equation are very not known and it would only take a few being an order of magnitude or two smaller than expected to result in a paucity of intelligent life rather than an abundance.
- yibg 7y agoRight. The Drake equation was never supposed to "show" anything. I think the original intent was to lay out the factors at play and stimulate conversation, not to provide a probability. I think over time, the imagination of the public have taken over though and put more confidence behind things than we should.