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vivster said:
Zoombael said:

Yes, a nice huge number, but isnt saying much, appearing as murky as the rest of the equation. The parts we know, and what we dont know. And what we figured out so far tells us higher lifeforms are not as common as the myriads of stars and planets suggests.

 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18734-why-complex-life-probably-evolved-only-once/

Complex life evolving from simple cells is an inevitability given the right circumstances and enough time. With trillions of planets multiplied by billions of years it's quite likely that complex life forms exist, even in this very galaxy. Not that we'll ever find out since even the confines of our own galaxy are too big to grasp for a human. And there are billions of galaxies out there.

You could also say, when you will use the 7.000.000.000 number combinations that will come up in the next 7.000.000.000 lottery draws, you will inevitably win the lottery 7.000.000.000 times in a row.

It doesn't matter how many times a number of celestial bodies is written down, when the chance for complex/intelligent life to emerge is dismissed and is equally impossible to imagine.



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