re: Fermi Shmermi

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re: Fermi Shmermi

pwokenyaw — 2/18/2008 3:15:40 PM (archived)

You're assuming that none of these alien civilizations ever colonize a planet they visit. Drop the assumption, and your numbers don't work anymore - they change from a thousand civilizations to hundreds of millions.

And you don't need FTL spacecraft either.

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Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets - Socrates II - 2/17/2008 4:55:40 PM
- There's no PROOF for their claim. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/20/2008 12:25:53 AM
  - re: There's no PROOF for their claim. - Of course, not for a rocky 'planet' yet, but... - Marcia - 2/20/2008 8:44:20 PM
- Translation: Very good news for SETI weenies. - ER - 2/17/2008 6:04:15 PM
  - I was never too worried about it - Robert - 2/18/2008 1:38:05 AM
    - How about admitting: "We don't know"...and search from there - Raoul - 2/18/2008 8:14:03 PM
      - Avoiding the paradox - Robert - 2/18/2008 9:38:06 PM
        
        re: Avoiding the paradox - Raoul - 2/19/2008 7:16:50 PM
    - re: I was never too worried about it - gbaikie - 2/18/2008 3:59:29 AM
      - colonization's always been a one-way trip - Robert - 2/18/2008 11:10:22 PM
        
        Only for the guys in steerage - ER - 2/19/2008 7:50:57 PM
        
        re: colonization's always been a one-way trip - gbaikie - 2/19/2008 3:27:24 AM
        
        re: colonization's always been a one-way trip - Marcia - 2/18/2008 11:41:18 PM
        
        It could be as simple as that they developed a mythical "over there" - TAFKASE - 2/18/2008 11:53:46 PM
        
        We already have a mythology - Robert - 2/19/2008 6:25:36 PM
        
        What if it was a group of religous pilgims that offered you the chance to ride along? - TAFKASE - 2/19/2008 6:48:41 PM
        
        Yeah, but Katy would be there too. (n/t) - ER - 2/19/2008 7:28:28 PM
        
        Exactly--it's in our DNA to wander (n/t) - Robert - 2/18/2008 11:49:40 PM
        
        re: colonization's always been a one-way trip - Marcia - 2/18/2008 11:43:24 PM
        
        good points... - TAFKASE - 2/18/2008 11:26:26 PM
      - It's obvious you don't believe space aliens will be Democrats. (n/t) - ER - 2/18/2008 1:41:08 PM
        
        No one thinks the Vogons would vote Republican (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/19/2008 2:16:28 AM
    - "Intelligence" - Bowser - 2/18/2008 3:00:31 AM
      - re: "Intelligence" - Robert - 2/18/2008 11:02:17 PM
    - Fermi Shmermi - ER - 2/18/2008 2:18:01 AM
      - large scales, and searching closer to home - Robert - 2/18/2008 10:48:05 PM
        
        Party pooper - ER - 2/18/2008 11:28:26 PM
        
        take heart - Robert - 2/18/2008 11:48:11 PM
      - re: Fermi Shmermi - pwokenyaw - 2/18/2008 3:15:40 PM
        
        re: Fermi Shmermi - ER - 2/18/2008 3:51:36 PM
        
        Isn't there a big RIP coming in 5 Billion or so years? - TAFKASE - 2/18/2008 9:12:23 PM
        
        I'm not convinced there's going to be a big RIP. - ER - 2/18/2008 9:21:42 PM
    - It is just nice... - Socrates II - 2/18/2008 1:42:51 AM
      - re: It is just nice... - Robert - 2/18/2008 10:54:56 PM
      - Wouldn't that mean - Lee - 2/18/2008 2:47:37 AM
        
        Parasites are the most highly evolved of all organisms, - ER - 2/18/2008 2:00:40 PM
        
        One reason why I love H.P. Lovecraft. - Lee - 2/19/2008 12:03:57 AM
        
        That is the definition of "alien". - ER - 2/19/2008 12:37:25 AM
        
        Not even recognise - nick hoffman - 2/20/2008 11:53:53 AM
        
        Dang! - ER - 2/20/2008 12:22:29 PM
        
        re: Dang! - ER - 2/20/2008 12:31:06 PM
        
        re: Dang! - Socrates II - 2/20/2008 9:41:04 PM
        
        re: That is the definition of "alien". - Marcia - 2/19/2008 3:47:02 AM
      - Wouldn't it be nice - ER - 2/18/2008 2:28:26 AM
        
        re: Wouldn't it be nice - Andrew - 2/18/2008 5:43:20 PM
        
        Actually, I've come to a lot of the same conclusions. - ER - 2/18/2008 6:22:03 PM
        
        Rearranging Stars to Communicate with Aliens - Socrates II - 2/20/2008 3:49:59 PM
        
        Chromosphereic Radioisotope Seeding - ER - 2/20/2008 9:59:50 PM
        
        re: Chromosphereic Radioisotope Seeding - Socrates II - 2/21/2008 12:29:58 AM

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