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- From: rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
- Subject: Re: ETs and Radio
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- Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
- References: <a7327850@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au> <1992Jul28.105743.29096@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:02:36 GMT
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- Given that for evolution of life to start, a simple living organism must
- come together from amino acids etc. by accident; and that for any
- complex structure to fall together by accident is extremely improbable;
- then it looks pretty much like the odds against life appearing on any
- one planet could easily be more than 10^1000 to 1 against, and the
- number of planets in the visible universe is only about 10^22.
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- "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
- Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
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