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Oh, life being common is an older idea than that. In the 1700s it was common belief that each of the other planets in our Solar System was inhabited, because o
by pfdietz 2y ago
Oh, life being common is an older idea than that. In the 1700s it was common belief that each of the other planets in our Solar System was inhabited, because otherwise their existence would be a waste, and because of vulgar Copernicanism.
- marcosdumay 2y agoPeople can expect that life is common any amount they like (well, if they stay within the 1 in a few thousand planets upper bound we have as a fact nowadays). My problem is with people insisting that's a certainty.
- pfdietz 2y agoI'm pointing out that common belief was hilariously wrong in the past, so there's no reason to think it's not hilariously wrong now. The meme that "there's lots and lots of stars, so life must be out there" is not sound reasoning.