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Our universe is full of wonder and mystery. Let me show you why.

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    1. Elon Musk‏Verified account @elonmusk Jun 23

      Elon Musk Retweeted Derek Thompson

      srslyhttps://twitter.com/dkthomp/status/1010191063640956928 …

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      Derek ThompsonVerified account @DKThomp
      The latest episode of Crazy/Genius is about the latest theories and predictions about Fermi’s Paradox—a.k.a. does alien intelligence exist, and if so, why haven't we found it? feat. @waitbutwhy, @EllenStofan, @AdamFrank4, and @anderssandberg https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/but-seriously-where-is-everybody/563498/ …
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    2. Alexandre Ribeiro‏ @aribeo Jun 23
      Replying to @elonmusk

      What if it is really hard to escape a galaxy and life in a galaxy happens around the same time? So life is starting at same time in our galaxy and no life was yet able to escape their own galaxy.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      Ben McCarthy‏ @BenMcC Jun 23
      Replying to @aribeo @elonmusk

      There should be plenty of room within our galaxy for life to have occurred many times. I like the quote "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ✨

      5:15 AM - 23 Jun 2018
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        2. Alexandre Ribeiro‏ @aribeo Jun 23
          Replying to @BenMcC @elonmusk

          It sure has plenty of room, but so does earth and it took earth some time to form life.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Ben McCarthy‏ @BenMcC Jun 23
          Replying to @aribeo @elonmusk

          Life on earth formed pretty quick, 'just' 0.8 bn yrs. -Multicellular life took longer -Civilisation took AGES The stats from our n=1 dataset imply: -Lots of planets with simple life -Occasional civs that are WAY ahead What do you think the most interesting scenario would be?

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        4. Alexandre Ribeiro‏ @aribeo Jun 23
          Replying to @BenMcC @elonmusk

          Let me put it this way: It took 9bn yrs for milky way to form earth. Someone should tell mathematicians that milky way is not a petri dish but rather like a spiraling crazy hot soup of fireworks with calm & not too hot edges where you can scoop and taste the flavour of life.

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        5. Raf‏ @ansicone Jun 23
          Replying to @aribeo @BenMcC @elonmusk

          So is the rest of the cosmos and always had been

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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