Re: orders of magnitude
Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:05:36 -0700
Anton Sherwood wrote:
>
> "There are hundreds of billions of stars in
> the galaxy, and if only one in a million had
> planets, and if only one in a million of those
> had life, and if one in a million of those had
> intelligent life, there could be millions of
> intelligent civilizations out there."
> -Jodie Foster in Contact
10^11 stars, 10^11 galaxies, IntelliLife odds 10^-18, so 10^4 in the
Universe. Sounds about right....
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