Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "How Many "Earth-Like" Planets Are There Really?" video.

  1. I see a lot of articles and videos about some new planet found in the habitable zone and most of them have a bias toward life existing on them. Even the art shows oceans and shorelines. All they need is a few palm trees and a high rise off the beach and they could be posters for Earth 2.0. A lot of them fail to mention they are tidally locked to red dwarfs that belch out cosmic rays like Bluto at a toga party. Looking at sun-like stars is a better use of time and resources but even then everything is speculation. I remember seeing some article where the headline read "10 Planets Better Suited for Life Than Earth," a rather silly statement since intelligent life you know, is actually present on Earth. There are so many other factors beyond location that go into a life-supporting planet, let alone one capable of intelligent life. And the thing is, they are so far away we will never meet them even if they are out there. I don't buy the science fiction tales of warp drives and wormholes. Unless everything we know about physics is wrong, or some interstellar cousins of ours have figured out how to cheat space and time contact between beings separated by hundreds of light years of space, chock full of its own perils, is the stuff of fantasy. Fun fantasy, cool fantasy, but fantasy nonetheless. Live long and prosper my distant kin, maybe I'll see ya in the next life. 🤟
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