[fporretto]

This article reminds me of the reason I headed into astrophysics as a young man. You can make claims like these, as dramatic as you like, and no one can falsify them.

Sure, there could be 30,000,000,000 Earths in the Milky Way. But who's counting? What would cause a planetary body to qualify as "an Earth"? Would it have to be compatible with Terrestrial life, or just have a rocky surface, an oxidizing atmosphere, and liquid water? This sort of thing makes "political science" look positively scientific, by comparison.

Personally, I won't be satisfied unless they have HDTV and Blockbuster Videos on every corner.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[RightWhale]

I won't be satisfied unless they have HDTV and Blockbuster Videos on every corner

If they lack these basics, don't worry. They shall have Blockbuster as soon as we get there.