/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3775546
I'm more influenced by Carl Sagan than Degrasse Tyson to be honest.

And if even one of those reports is found to be of alien visitation there would be a major shift because then we could say:
"We are not alone, others are out there and they made it through their technological infancy"

And actually, statistics are VERY against you.
L2 the Drake equation.

>>3676957

The Drake equation states that

where:
N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible;
and
R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy
fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets
ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets
fℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point
fi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life
fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space
L = the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space.


even with the most ridiculous inputs, it always works out somewhere in the millions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

in other words, theres fucking aliens man

Drake Equation

where:

N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible;

and

R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy
fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets
ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets
fℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point
fi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life
fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space
L = the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space.

What a load of fucking bullshit. All the variables are just pulled from fucking thin air.