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Number of ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy Is 37,964
KentuckyFC writes "The famous Drake equation calculates the number of advanced civilizations in our galaxy right now. But the result is hugely sensitive to the assumptions you make about factors such as the number of habitable planets that orbit a host star, how many of these actually develop life and what fraction of these go on to become intelligent etc. Disagreements about these figures leads to estimates for the number of advanced civilizations ranging from 10^-5 to 10^6. Now an astronomer in Scotland has worked out how to make the calculations more precise so that different theories about the origin of planets, life and civilizations can be compared. His calculations say that the rare-life hypothesis predicts only 361 advanced civilizations in the Milky Way now. However, the so-called tortoise and hare hypothesis predicts 31,573 and the theory of panspermia says that there ought to be 37,964 extraterrestrial civilizations more advanced than our own in the Milky Way."
Assnumeral theory predicts seven or eight.
How assnumeral theory works:
1. Spread buttcheeks
2. Extract number from anal cavity.
Mod parent up. I am an astrophysicist and I have to agree.
Amazing that everytime creationism is the subject of a Slashdot post that people freak out and complain and whine about how creationism isn't real.
Funny it is then there are so many posts here with people saying the article is stupid because "we don't know how life came about"... so any statistics are meaningless.
You all are a bunch of slashdog idiots.