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oldgradstudent | 3 months ago

How exactly extraterretial life is a statistical fact?

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svnt|3 months ago

How is it not? Other than extremely anthropocentrically?

There are at least 200 billion trillion stars in the universe that we are aware of. That is a number beyond our comprehension. Stars generate elements. Elements form molecules. Life is built on some of these molecules.

oldgradstudent|3 months ago

The statistical argument is basically:

Multiplying a number beyond our comprehension by an unknown probability >= 2

Right?