This runs counter to the thesis of "Rare Earth," by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee. The subtitle was "Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe." As someone who grew up watching Star Trek (Classic) and other scifi, this saddened me, because the book really made is sound like Earth-like planets would be few and far between. So I hope the New Scientist story is right.
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This runs counter to the thesis of "Rare Earth," by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee. The subtitle was "Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe." As someone who grew up watching Star Trek (Classic) and other scifi, this saddened me, because the book really made is sound like Earth-like planets would be few and far between. So I hope the New Scientist story is right.