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To: SunkenCiv

Simple alien life is probable, but complex extraterrestrials inside the Milky Way are improbable.


4 posted on 02/06/2007 9:13:01 AM PST by RightWhale (300 miles north of Big Wild Life)
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To: RightWhale
Simple alien life is probable, but complex extraterrestrials inside the Milky Way are improbable.
Hey, sez you.
5 posted on 02/06/2007 9:16:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, February 3, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: RightWhale

You can't base a probability estimate on a single instance.

Life is possible. That's as far as we can reliably say.

Until we find life that is NOT Earth-descended, we have no real idea. . .


12 posted on 02/06/2007 9:31:38 AM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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