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by yyyk
2095 days ago
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Because there are a lot of other things necessary for life. Usually we get the 'planet X may be suitable for life' PR news item first, and later in the scientific press we find out quietly 'planet X is awash in deadly gamma radiation, and the tectonics are such that there's a richter scale 13 quake every week'. It turns out that when taking into account all known factors, us being alone is a nontrivial possibility: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.02404.pdf |
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