3682 "Finally some good news" — An asteroid is heading our way on the eve of the presidential election. (media.patriots.win) posted 234 days ago by Mammadora 234 days ago by Mammadora +3682 / -0 177 comments share 177 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (177) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – HuggableBear 2 points 234 days ago +3 / -1 It's a mathematical demonstration of odds, man, not a concrete analysis. The point is that the odds of encountering an alien race is not even a rounding error in the calculation, not that it's completely impossible. As someone else pointed out, life spontaneously generating is essentially mathematically impossible, yet here we are. I only bring this up because people get caught up in absurdly low order probabilities and ignore the far more likely answer. permalink save report block reply
It's a mathematical demonstration of odds, man, not a concrete analysis.
The point is that the odds of encountering an alien race is not even a rounding error in the calculation, not that it's completely impossible.
As someone else pointed out, life spontaneously generating is essentially mathematically impossible, yet here we are.
I only bring this up because people get caught up in absurdly low order probabilities and ignore the far more likely answer.