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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by henry2023 on Saturday December 16, 2023 @03:06PM (#38667234)
The universe is 13 billion years old.

Planet earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Life on earth started 3.7 billion years ago.

We sent our first radio wave just 125 years ago.

Probably life is not than unusual and we just don’t have a way to verify this (yet).

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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by edgyquant on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:28PM (#38668343)
What is this probability based upon?
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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by wredue on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:58PM (#38668583)
The probability is based on the fact that everywhere we look, we find building blocks of life, life started on earth basically as soon as it could have, life exists at all and is capable of asking said question, life is remarkably adaptable, we estimate billions of earth like planets just in our galaxy.

I know that there is a burning desire to think we’re special, but the truth of the matter is that we’re almost definitely not.

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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by mensetmanusman on Saturday December 16, 2023 @10:33PM (#38670106)
We are the universe though. I.e. the universe has at least one mind (yours) and it thinks that it is special :)
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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by borissk on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:38PM (#38668434)
The three and a half facts you listed (life may have started earlier if it came to Earth from Mars or elsewhere) do not logically lead to your conclusion.
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