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7756263 No.7756263 [Reply] [Original]

in a universe as big as ours, isn't intelligent life somewhere else in the universe a statistical fact?

>> No.7756277

>>7756263
no

>> No.7756278

no

>> No.7756290

If you unironically think that, you have no idea how unlikely life is.

>> No.7756387

>>7756263
Of course. This is a well-known example of inference from a single observation.

>> No.7756419

>>7756263
I don't think you understand how statistics works.

>> No.7756422

since there's not even any intelligent life on earth, how is it supposed to occur somewhere else?

>> No.7756883

>>7756290
How can you say for sure how unlikely life is?

>> No.7756931

>>7756263
>a statistical fact
Lrn2statistics
then Lrn2fact

>> No.7756933

>>7756263
no

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>>7756422

>> No.7757772

>>7756263
>intelligent
By whose standard? Intelligence is a social construct.

inb4 OP wants aliens who are good at taking IQ tests

>> No.7757786

Even in a planet like earth, hominids have only existed for like 0.05% of its history. Of course intelligent life might continue for far longer into the future here, but still.

>> No.7757814

>>7757772
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>>7756263
When I contemplate the universe I often think it an inevitability. It's just as likely that life floated here through the cosmos rather than starting here.

>> No.7757837

Of course not.

>> No.7757852
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7757852

No. Our planet is completely unique. We are the center of the universe in every way but physically.

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>>7757852
...but, good sir, there is so much to the mystery of life we are still learning that to think we can even make a declaration of it's origin makes you sound preposterous.

>> No.7757958

>>7756263
It's pure speculation, because we have no way to verify any claim it's impossible to even do a mere mathematical calculation for it.

>> No.7758078

Not intelligent life, but life yes