NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life

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Rath said:

bannedagain said:

Rath said:

The Drake equation is complete rubbish. Every single part of it is an assumption.

Yes it is but if you use it in a pessimisistic way you still come with lots of intelligent life. The point is that there should be life out there no matter how low the the numbers are in the equation. 

It's a guess.

I wish people would look a religion the same way they judge science.  Oh yea, there would be none left to talk about.

Unless you pick one of the variables as zero, in which case you end up with zero.

I totally agree that because of the vast size of the universe life probably exists elsewhere. It's just that the Drake equation itself is complete rubbish. It's trying to make something that isn't scientific look scientific, which annoys me.

agreed. I think it's not taken to heart. It's just a way to explain it a little or when we have a better number on everything it can be used.