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re: this is mind blowing
Posted on 9/5/14 at 4:21 am to blight
Posted on 9/5/14 at 4:21 am to blight
Yeah man. I watched a documentary the other night and they said the scientific probability of life outside of earth somewhere else in the universe is approaching 1. That is there is almost 0% chance we are alone
When you think of we tried for a while and still search for life on mars within our own solar system. The scientific estimate for the amount of solar systems in the Milky Way alone is 100 billion of the 200 billion stars within.
There are 100 billion other solar systems with similarities with our own just in the Milky Way.
Then you see this article and realize there are 100,000 galaxies like the Milky Way in our immediate vicinity. Each of those with possibly 100 billion solar within.
The scope is truly mind boggling
When you think of we tried for a while and still search for life on mars within our own solar system. The scientific estimate for the amount of solar systems in the Milky Way alone is 100 billion of the 200 billion stars within.
There are 100 billion other solar systems with similarities with our own just in the Milky Way.
Then you see this article and realize there are 100,000 galaxies like the Milky Way in our immediate vicinity. Each of those with possibly 100 billion solar within.
The scope is truly mind boggling
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Posted on 9/5/14 at 4:32 am to KBeezy
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I watched a documentary the other night and they said the scientific probability of life outside of earth somewhere else in the universe is approaching 1. That is there is almost 0% chance we are alone
Well, that's pure nonsense, as there is no way to calculate the probability. Sagan wrote the most precise thing that can currently be said about such things in his book "Contact", "The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space." Well put.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 5:21 am to KBeezy
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life outside of earth somewhere else in the universe
Define "life" though. Sure there has to be some form of bacteria, plants, basic life, etc. on other planets but aliens and civilization I'm not so sure. Y'all ever think that as vast as the universe is, maybe the probability for earth to develop life as it has, the probability was 1 and astronomical/infinite odds?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 6:59 am to KBeezy
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Yeah man. I watched a documentary the other night and they said the scientific probability of life outside of earth somewhere else in the universe is approaching 1. That is there is almost 0% chance we are alone
Saw a similar thing. At the low end of their predictions, there were theoretically enough planets capable of sustaining life for every grain of sand on earth
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