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A much needed addendum to the previous post on this subject from 8 days ago: https://hexbear.net/post/4615155

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[โ€“] grendahlgrendahlgen@hexbear.net 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, you can put some very reasonable, scientifically sound assumptions into the Drake Equation and it really starts to look like we might be alone. I had a professor in college that held this view.

But you can also change the variables and it looks like life is common so idk

[โ€“] Lamprey@hexbear.net 1 points 17 hours ago

Id believe in God, like the Christian God, before believing that. It's too unlikely. Whether or not physics works in a way where we can communicate is another, but there's no shot there isn't some form of other sentience in the universe