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Article #55Re: re HRMS for ETI
From: H. Evans (WMA)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 09:52
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 09:52
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From what I remember of the course in Measurment, Error and Truth, the probability (as measured) of intelligent life forming on another planet is 1 (with an error of 1). Not much of a help, but we have only measured one instance of intelligent life forming (and that is disputable :-)). Of course, if evidence of life is found, then the error in the measurement will decrease to 1/sqrt(n). Any attempts to pin down the probability more than this is idle speculation but fun. Hugh. P.s. if you put an infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of planets...
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!estwmz.wm.estec.esa.nl!hevans From: hevans@wm.estec.esa.nl (H. Evans (WMA)) Subject: Re: re HRMS for ETI Message-ID: <Bwtsqv.JHr@wm.estec.esa.nl> Sender: news@wm.estec.esa.nl Organization: ESA/Estec/WMS, Noordwijk, The Netherlands References: <BwM382.LqD.1@cs.cmu.edu> <BwnEtB.FGq@zoo.toronto.edu> <STEINLY.92Oct26163921@topaz.ucsc.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 09:52:06 GMT Lines: 14