Re:A Statistical Estimate of Extraterrestrial Intelligence i...
by scotty79 on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:14AM
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For me the timeframe for life doesn't sound that relaxed.
Getting to complex cells took 2 billion years. And getting to where we are now another 2 billion years.
All that time conditions were fairly stable.
Given that life might need some elements created in supernova explosions mixed into other solar systems, and that we had just 13 billion years since the beginning, when you add some randomness, schedule starts to look tight for me.
We might be one of the first civilisations in our neighborhood.
I'm not saying that I believe that's the case but that's entirely possible.
Getting to complex cells took 2 billion years. And getting to where we are now another 2 billion years.
All that time conditions were fairly stable.
Given that life might need some elements created in supernova explosions mixed into other solar systems, and that we had just 13 billion years since the beginning, when you add some randomness, schedule starts to look tight for me.
We might be one of the first civilisations in our neighborhood.
I'm not saying that I believe that's the case but that's entirely possible.