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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by 29athrowaway on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:54PM (#27198467)
Drake equation needs to take in consideration more factors, for sure.

Stars have lifecycles, and they can only support life in a stable manner in some stages of that lifecycle.

I guess Drake just assumed that stars lifecycles have such a slow progression that for the purposes of determining alien life we can just assume it is constant.

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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by ProAm on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:02PM (#27198584)
> Stars have lifecycles, and they can only support life in a stable manner in some stages of that lifecycle.

That is what the 'L' is in the formula

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