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Originally Posted by willravel
A possibility is different than a certainty. There is a possibility that life has developed on another world or other worlds, but combining that possibility with the number of worlds (billions? trillions?) still doesn't create a certainty. Because we don't know what the possibility of life developing is (besides 1/n, where n = the total number of planets in the universe), we cannot apply a statistic to the number of planets. It's really that simple.
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Will, out of all our arguments, I'm not calling you ignorant. But I'm surprised at that statement.
Granted I can't prove it, but all the same, I envoke the almighty drake equation, which put against our galaxi is roughly (and feel free to help me out/correct me).....
X amount of stars in our galaxies, Y amount with planets, Z amount of stars similar to our own (the kind that allow for life), W where planets surround said star, L where life has formed on planet, E where life has evolved to a stable point, I to where life is at a cognizant intelligent point, to ET where they can rock and roll...
Roughly 200 billion stars in our solar system, not using my bunk ass system but legitimately using the legimate drake equation conservately there are roughly some 200 thousand planets that would support intelligent life.
Also Light speed travel factors in little.
Even though Star Trek was a great show, the most legitimate means of travel would be Warp speed. Picture roping a table over a rug, you laseo it properly, drag it, you merely step across the fold... which by our current ghetto scientific physical/mathimatecal(forgive my terrible spelling) holds up.
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