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Data from the Kepler #space telescope suggest there may be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy alone.

We may never have evidence proving whether intelligent life is somewhere out there, but - as Carl Sagan once wrote, “If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”

#space
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Steve Moore :toad:
Steve Moore :toad:
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Odds are there is intelligent life out there. Pretty sure they wouldn't include us in that cohort.
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Grassroots Joe
Grassroots Joe
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Sure wish I had taken a course or two from Prof. Sagan (who taught at my alma mater), sigh...
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Jeff
Jeff
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It seems clear to me it's entirely possible there is other life in our solar system and there must be other life in our galaxy. I don't think we have the technology available right now to detect intellgient life far enough away from us to make it likely we will, but I think if we ever find out it's just us, that's the least interesting outcome.
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Dyrathror ⁂
Dyrathror ⁂
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If not on Earth, there must be intelligence somewhere in our galaxy.
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rexi
rexi
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I'm waiting for the grand discovery of some —‌ to us until then unknown but obvious in retrospect —‌ form of communication where long diatribes between planetary folk have been happening in real time while we muse in darkness.
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H4Heights
H4Heights
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The chances of there *not* being other planets with intelligent life forms is close to zero.

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