Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This

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Date	2016-12-21 20:41 -0800
From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This
References	(7 earlier) <3dkl5ctlco4nj0k3011c4fpoksdgj38f01@4ax.com> <XnsA6E595DB2FC5Btaustingmail@69.16.179.42> <o3ffug$9ot$1@news.datemas.de> <VIRGIL-AA4450.20563821122016@news.giganews.com> <o3fj7k$fg7$4@news.datemas.de>

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Alan Baker wrote:
> 
> On 2016-12-21 7:56 PM, Virgil wrote:
> > In article <o3ffug$9ot$1@news.datemas.de>,
> >  Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> While we have no data that directly supports the presence of life
> >> anywhere in the universe, we have lots and lots of data that there are
> >> something the order of 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
> >>
> >> Combining that data with the things we have learned about the formation
> >> of stars and planets, and we are left with the observation that
> >> somewhere out there among the 70 billion trillion stars (yes: 7 x 10^22)
> >> there are almost certainly many others that also support life and
> >> indeed, intelligent life.
> >
> > We do not know either how nor why life came into being on Earth,
> > so we know nothing of its probability of having developed elsewhere.
> > For all we know, Earth may be unique in this respect.
> >
> 
> It may be...
> 
> ...but with a population of 7 x 10^22 stars to choose from...
> 
> ...is it likely?
> 
> :-)

No, not likely...IMPOSSIBLE!

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Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-20 22:22 -0800
  Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-20 23:03 -0800
    Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2016-12-21 14:05 -0500
      Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Darleen Sloop <aolenD@nedfdealln.org> - 2016-12-21 20:32 +0000
      Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-12-21 22:25 +0000
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 18:03 -0500
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 15:37 -0700
            Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-12-25 08:25 -0600
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-21 18:33 -0800
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-21 19:06 -0800
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-21 20:37 -0800
      Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 14:43 -0700
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-21 19:05 -0800
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-12-21 20:56 -0700
            Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-21 20:01 -0800
              Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-21 20:41 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-12-21 22:55 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-21 22:01 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-12-21 23:17 -0700
                Re: We're robots, programmed by Nature to play "The Stay Alive Game". moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 21:44 +0000
                Re: We're robots, programmed by Nature to play "The Stay Alive Game". Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-24 08:17 -0800
                Re: Show me a tall, fat, MouthBreathing 105 year old. "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 14:12 -0800
                Re: Show me a tall, fat, MouthBreathing 105 year old. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-01-20 19:00 -0500
                Re: Show me a tall, fat, MouthBreathing 105 year old. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2017-01-20 18:08 -0800
                Re: Show me a tall, fat, MouthBreathing 105 year old. Yuri Kretin <invalaid@invalid.com> - 2017-01-20 20:31 -0600
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:06 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:05 -0700
              Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-12-21 22:45 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-21 21:47 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-12-21 23:05 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-22 08:42 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:09 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-22 09:15 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:32 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-22 09:37 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 10:25 -0700
                Gutless whining (was Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-22 10:29 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-22 09:36 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:07 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:33 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-22 17:42 -0500
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 16:37 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-23 18:11 -0500
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 14:43 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-26 18:04 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:07 -0700
              Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:05 -0700
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:05 -0700
            Gutless whining Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-12-22 09:12 -0800
              Re: Gutless whining Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:32 -0700
            Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-22 09:20 -0800
              Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:33 -0700
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-22 13:43 -0800
                Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 14:04 -0700
      Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-21 18:29 -0800
    Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-22 23:08 -0800
      Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-23 09:37 -0800
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-23 20:35 -0800
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-23 20:59 -0800
            Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-12-24 10:28 -0800
        Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 14:52 -0800
          Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-26 17:57 -0800
  Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 13:36 -0800
    Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-21 18:02 -0500
    Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-21 15:33 -0800
  Re: Why We Imagine Aliens Look Like This SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2016-12-24 07:57 -0500

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