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I agree with your conclusion, but it does not follow from that statement, which is just a made up rule of thumb. I'd rather apply Bayesian statistics. If we fou
by mr_mitm 3y ago
I agree with your conclusion, but it does not follow from that statement, which is just a made up rule of thumb. I'd rather apply Bayesian statistics. If we found life on one more planet, what were the chances of that assuming those are the only two planets with life? Pretty low I'd say.
- WithinReason 3y agoNot really, one planet could have seeded the other
- mr_mitm 3y agoTrue, I should have added "independently" Actually, without any additional knowledge I'd assume that some sort of seeding has happened, as that's presumably more likely than live developing independently.