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 Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: David Brin on SETI and Aliens |
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| Sir Hamster of Elderberry wrote: | | http://open.salon.com/blog/david_brin/2010/05/04/perspectives_on_seti_and_aliens |
Brin's paper on the subject is good reading also (a little math heavy however): "The Great Silence - the Controversy Concerning Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life"
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983QJRAS..24..283B
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It's really tough to get these science type people to explain anything without math. They keep saying something about it's easier...
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| A Shrubbery wrote: | | It's really tough to get these science type people to explain anything without math. They keep saying something about it's easier... |
You mean it wasn't obvious to you that
represents the chance of a planet having life??
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| ohiomike wrote: | | A Shrubbery wrote: | | It's really tough to get these science type people to explain anything without math. They keep saying something about it's easier... |
You mean it wasn't obvious to you that
represents the chance of a planet having life?? |
Am I the only loonie or there's a "ni" at the start of the forumula?! 
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It looks like a little NI to me.
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| ohiomike wrote: | | A Shrubbery wrote: | | It's really tough to get these science type people to explain anything without math. They keep saying something about it's easier... |
You mean it wasn't obvious to you that
represents the chance of a planet having life?? |
It's just a bit of integration by Parts - Not so bad.
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