Aaron Blosser wrote:
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> Then the odds of having planets suitable for life, such as earth. I'm
> certain there are only thousands of such planets out of possible billions.
> Then, whether you believe in evolution or not, there are still pretty big
> odds against life forming anyway, but I'll gloss over that and say it
> happens but it's rare (something I don't agree with anyway). And then,
> there are the odds against any such life evolving into a form intelligent
> enough to become intelligent enough to develop transmission mechanisms.
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This is all true, I guess, but it only takes *one* old civilization
to populate the whole galaxy, given enough time. Since the Milky Way
is as old as it is, I'd say the propability of at least one
interstellar civilization in our Galaxy seems pretty good.
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> I'll stick with GIMPS. :-)
Me too, but I've also joined SETI@home. I guess I can share my cycles
between these two great projects.
-- Petri H.
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