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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:44 AM
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1. Never got why it's always "hopes" for other life
Mathematically it's pretty simple. There is a greater than zero chance for life in the universe - earth is proof that it has happened at least once.

The chance for the probability of life in the universe increasing beyond its current one in however many billion chances is far greater than the probability that we are the only life-bearing planet in the universe.

In other words, if it's happened once, then it's damn near impossible that has happened only once.
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