As statistically likely as it is there is intelligent life out there, it’s just as statistically unlikely we’d ever run into them. Turns out, the universe is big. Like REALLY big.
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And our universe might not even be the only one.
Wikipedia disagrees with you.
In college, I went to UT. BS in physics.Cosmology (the very large) and quantum physics (the very small). 1994-1998.
But, who can tell?
I love Enrico Fermi!
Disagrees with what?
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The Drake equation. 1000-100,000 Milky Way galaxy (aliens) for me (and Wikipedia), 15,000,000 Milky Way galaxy for you.
Grusch alleges that some are held under lock and key by private corporations that have reverse-engineering affiliations with the gov’t. Others also seem to be ferried about for study by cooperating governments, such as the “five eyes” group (including the US, Canada and Australia) recently pointed to by a Canadian MP. He further alleges that some American researchers have been injured through the work.
I have read that it is highly likely that the lifespan of intelligent civilizations is pretty short, cosmically speaking. Which certainly seems to be probable with ours—assuming we ever attain the status.
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But how many stars would you give him?
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Second best Enrico, behind Palazzo
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I’ve always assumed that Monty Python taught me all I needed to know about the universe
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Just utter disrespect for Hitchhiker’s Guide.,
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Can I buy some pot from you?
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Need to read that again…it’s been 30 years and I don’t remember much about it
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My Wikipedia says the original estimation was 1,000-100,000, but current parameters put it at 15,600,000. And this is for intelligent civilizations, not planets.
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It’s 5 stars! I love Douglas Adams.
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It’s all good.
But, we only have one civilization as a guide. We can only base what we think the rest of the universe is like on what things are like here.
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