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Comment by cwmoore

11 hours ago

Prevalence by existence. A coarse but realistic heuristic for very small sample sizes.

Can we use the same argument for life among the stars?

Intelligence, even?

  • We basically do. The habitable planet hunt is almost definitive for "since we depend on water and complex organic molecules for 'life' we will hunt for this signature to define if we think we have found extrasolar life, radio signals aside"