As the number of planets increases, the probability of other intelligent species besides humans approaches one. There are an estimated 100 billion planets in the milky way alone, yet no evidence of intelligent life off of Earth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox …
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Replying to @HuftJonathan
So we're like the guy who bought one lottery ticket and then won the 250,000,000 jackpot and then we to the conclusion that winning the Powerball must be pretty common? Meanwhile, many more tickets are being sold and no one is winning. Could be!
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @HuftJonathan
With that said, with how much is going on in the universe, it's gotta be only a matter of time before we make contact with someone else. Europe seemed pretty farfetched to North Americans before Columbus I bet.
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Replying to @HuftJonathan
That's interesting but I'm not sure it tells us anything about the rarity of other species given that we already exist?
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Replying to @HuftJonathan
Yeah, agreed. Sentient life can exist in a way that doesn't allow us to perceive it, for example. I was thinking, with regards to the standard rarity argument, in order for us to discover a new sentient life form it needs: 1. To exist 2. To be conscious 3. To care
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A lot of preconditions => rarity.
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