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Re:Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blu... by howieburger on Saturday October 04, 2025 @11:46AM (#45474160)
Those variables come with embedded assumptions they are essential and meaningful to discovery of life and civilization elsewhere in the universe.

For all we know civilization exists inside our car battery. Why assume it only exists on planets.

It's not explicit in it's assumption but implicit assumption the equation is meaningful.

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Re:Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blu... by PepperdineG on Saturday October 04, 2025 @10:42PM (#45478473)
>For all we know civilization exists inside our car battery.

Rick Sanchez uses a microverse battery

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