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Old 03-11-2001, 09:52 PM   #27
Tobbin
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
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Originally posted by turbovee:
Has anyone heard of the law of percentages theory?

If you take 1% all the galaxies in the Known Universe that could sustain life

then take 1% of the stars in those galaxies that could sustain planets

then take 1% of those planets that could sustain life

then take 1% of thos planets that could have intelligent life

then take 1% of those planets that are capable of interstallar communication

then take 1% of those planets that are capable of interstaellar travel

and there would still be thousands of intelligent "aliens" in the universe

Gives you an idea about how big the universe possibly is.

See my post above. You are not taking into account that you may be seeing the same planets more than once. Ergo, that 1% you mention may already be 1% of what you see. When you take this into account, the universe really isn't that big after all.

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