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18 February 2008
Planets more common than thought
A recent Wired article says that from about 20% to 60% of stars have planets--a fact that brings up Fermi's paradox while suggesting that human beings might someday be able to get off this piece of rock and head for other green pastures.
8 comments:
It's a very hopeful finding isn't it?
The question is (as you rightly suggested): Where is everyone?
Yes. Where are all these little green men (or better yet, green women)?
If they're watching our TV transmissions I'm not suprised that they're hiding!
They might be waiting until the squid evolve and take over.
I want my own planet.
It's not fair. It's not fair.
And I'm not willing to become either a Scientologist or a Mormon to get one.
You could join the Haley-Bop group (of course you'd only get an asteroid in this case, but you've got to start somewhere.)
If the planets have populations, I wonder if they have evolved past the presence of a Republican party?
I'm pretty sure that all planets that haven't are populated solely by the alien equivalent of cockroaches.
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