in a universe as big as ours, isn't intelligent life somewhere else in the universe a statistical fact?
If you unironically think that, you have no idea how unlikely life is.
>>7756263
Of course. This is a well-known example of inference from a single observation.
>>7756263
I don't think you understand how statistics works.
since there's not even any intelligent life on earth, how is it supposed to occur somewhere else?
>>7756290
How can you say for sure how unlikely life is?
>>7756263
>a statistical fact
Lrn2statistics
then Lrn2fact
>>7756263
>intelligent
By whose standard? Intelligence is a social construct.
inb4 OP wants aliens who are good at taking IQ tests
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.
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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.
Of course not.
No. Our planet is completely unique. We are the center of the universe in every way but physically.
>>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.
>>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.
Not intelligent life, but life yes
