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There are 21 sextillions grains of sand on earth. One of them MUST be the shape of my face. This is not science, this is religion.
by KingOfCoders 2y ago
There are 21 sextillions grains of sand on earth. One of them MUST be the shape of my face. This is not science, this is religion.
- Saigonautica 2y agoA more accurate analogy would be that without looking at very much sand, you already possess one grain of sand in the exact shape of your face. This spikes your curiosity and you ask: What are the chances of finding another?
- KingOfCoders 2y agoI do think these are two different arguments. 1. Aliens can exist because we exist 2. Aliens do exist because of probabilities Mine was about 2
- suzzer99 2y agoI think it would be orders of magnitude more astounding if aliens didn't exist than if they did, just given the sheer odds of life only happening once in the observable universe. That's all I'm saying.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 2y agoHoly straw-man.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoFunny, no-one said straw-man when I had these discussion in philosophy studies at university. Looks like there are different people on HN than those studying philosophy. Learned something!
- snapcaster 2y agoThere probably is one though right? depending on how you define similarity