5 mins respite for the planet:

[NT]

The chance that human life developed is tiny in the extreme, therefore we can reasonably conclude it almost certainly never did.

But we're here, so the chance is actually 100%.
Extrapolate this to the universe as a whole and it's a dead cert that there's other life out there.

The point which I assumed behind my post, and which may possibly have been missed, is that there is no evidence at all that we're here. Some propose that we are all nothing but one imagination, just a dream, and there really is no evidence either way. Statistics can lead one to some very odd conclusions. And that tells us something about either statistics or our perceptions of the world.


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[Moo]

On the other hand it could be argued that 'I post, therefore I am".

 

[Nemesis]

On the other hand it could be argued that 'I post, therefore I am".

Ah, philosophy.

We know a song about that...

http://cs.bemidjistate.edu/mjwolf/philosopher.html

And if you want that sung:

http://www.geocities.com/pythoninsanity/philsong.mp3

 

[NT]

On the other hand it could be argued that 'I post, therefore I am".

It can be, but its just as compatible with the imagination hypothesis as the reality one. There really is no proof.


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[Penners]

Extrapolate this to the universe as a whole and it's a dead cert that there's other life out there.

Ah, but is it intelligent life?

There's certainly none down here on Earth (to misquote Eric Idle).

 

[NT]

Why is it all the instruments for detecting intelligent life are pointed away from the earth?


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