Comments by "filonin2" (@filonin2) on "Why Any Solution to the Drake Equation is Scary No Matter the Answer" video.

  1. The tides of the moon make life easier because of the stabilizing of the orbit's axis but aren't required. Why would they be? You could get VERY stable conditions in a "eyeball" world tidally locked to it's star as well.
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  2. Yes, let's reference a non-peer reviewed book published at the author's own expense in a field he wasn't educated in. Can't wait to get my plumber's book on commercial trade law.
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  3. Not a very good one either since somehow the word that a big bad wolf is out there would have to be communicated to everyone.
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  4. The odds seem to be extremely high with how quickly it happened on Earth, so there you go. What's more likely, you are a common occurrence or a one in centillion chance occurrence? You aint special, kiddo and you just defeated your own argument.
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  5. Why would we need to exist at the same time? They could have existed millions of years ago and we could see them if we are the right distance away. If life is common we can see it far away.
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  6. Why would an alien civilization only be relevant if we could contact them? Simply observing them, even at billions of light years would teach us volumes.
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