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Given the number of galaxies, this ratio means "intelligent aliens" are common.
by topspin 2y ago
Given the number of galaxies, this ratio means "intelligent aliens" are common.
- TheBlight 2y agoIt seems like application of the Copernican principle should be the default and the burden is on others to show that the Earth and its observers are somehow extraordinary.
- kcplate 2y agoIntelligent life isn’t even common on the one planet where we know it exists. You have maybe a dozen species that could go beyond their basal instincts out of millions of forms of life and only a single species has the intelligence to make itself known outside the biosphere. Life might be common, but “intelligent” life? That seems to be exceedingly rare.