From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 12:07 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alien Civilizations could be One Million Years Ahead of Earth What don't you understand about large numbers and inevitability?
"Regardless of the exact fraction of stars with planets, the total number of exoplanets must be very large. Since our own Milky Way Galaxy has at least 100 billion stars, it must also contain hundreds of billions of planets if not trillions of them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanets#Number_of_stars_with_planets And that's just one galaxy's worth. Billions of galaxies. And don't forget moons -- we have two moons in our own solar system that have "life friendly" conditions. Yet you would rather believe that humanity is unique despite that potentiality? Sounds like someone wants to be "special." What's your deal? Seems to me you're pushing an atheist's agenda in that if one speculates that intelligent life is a one-off, then any proposal that there is a God is immediately attackable just on the sheer wastefulness of God's creativity -- who'd want a God that made such an immensity for only "a nice photograph?" Life everywhere is a gimme. One argument that to me supports the abundance of life throughout the universe is that it's so abundant here on earth, even in the most inhospitable conditions.
