I always felt the drake equation was BS: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Drake_equation#:~:text=fp%20%3D%200.2%20to%200.5,which%20will%20develop%20intelligent%20lif

I always felt the drake equation was BS: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Drake_equation#:~:text=fp%20%3D%200.2%20to%200.5,which%20will%20develop%20intelligent%20life https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Drake_equation#:~:text=fp%20%3D%...) Those arbitrary constants are arbitrary and made up. The argument presented in this article makes a lot more sense.