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This statement doesn't seem to follow from anything. Why is Earth "not likely to be so unique"?
by pfdietz 2y ago
This statement doesn't seem to follow from anything. Why is Earth "not likely to be so unique"?
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y agoYour comment is not worth replying to. https://www.space.com/30172-six-most-earth-like-alien-planets.html https://www.space.com/30172-six-most-earth-like-alien-planet...
- pfdietz 2y agoIt's weird you think that link settles things. A planet could be Earth-like without having life. We don't know how likely life is to arise on an Earth-like planet. In particular, we cannot conclude that because we are here, the probability of it happening on Earth was high, due to observer selection bias. https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/W6-Observer-selection-effects.pdf https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/W6-Observer-sele...