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**KuevDulin** · 12-09-2011, 04:17 AM

In your first post that I responded to you did actually say it was certain and that it was "impossible" that there isn't other life out there. If that's not saying that you believe something is a fact, then I don't know what is. The answer I was expecting regarding the question of odds is...

As i said, we were talking about the probability of life being out there. It is a statistical certainty.

A number of aspects (the most important, for example) of the Drake Equation are based on conjecture and so the equation is certainly not proof of anything. It has its place, but you should be aware of its limitations instead of blindly using it as proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life.

I didn't use it, for good reason. It takes into account the probability of intelligent life and the odds of us being able to contact that life. So the equation is actually trying to calculate the probability of mankind being able to discover and contact intelligent extraterrestrial life. Which is a different proposition altogether.

12-09-2011, 04:17 AM	#49
KuevDulin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	In your first post that I responded to you did actually say it was certain and that it was "impossible" that there isn't other life out there. If that's not saying that you believe something is a fact, then I don't know what is. The answer I was expecting regarding the question of odds is... As i said, we were talking about the probability of life being out there. It is a statistical certainty. A number of aspects (the most important, for example) of the Drake Equation are based on conjecture and so the equation is certainly not proof of anything. It has its place, but you should be aware of its limitations instead of blindly using it as proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life. I didn't use it, for good reason. It takes into account the probability of intelligent life and the odds of us being able to contact that life. So the equation is actually trying to calculate the probability of mankind being able to discover and contact intelligent extraterrestrial life. Which is a different proposition altogether.
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