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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5775135" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>this news should increase the odds that alien life exists.</p><p></p><p>let's assume that if alien life exists, it probably starts on a planet.</p><p></p><p>Previously, it was asssumed most stars did not have planets.</p><p></p><p>Now that that's reversed, a galaxy with billions of stars equals nearly billions of chances for life.</p><p></p><p>There will still be plenty of stars that don't have the right planets. the % chance for a given star to have the right planet is probably the same.</p><p></p><p>But now the number of stars that get that chance went up.</p><p></p><p>though statistically, this may be one of those math fallacy things (the odds of a 6 showing up on a 1d6 is the same as using 2d6). More chances opportunities doesn't actually improve the overall odds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5775135, member: 8835"] this news should increase the odds that alien life exists. let's assume that if alien life exists, it probably starts on a planet. Previously, it was asssumed most stars did not have planets. Now that that's reversed, a galaxy with billions of stars equals nearly billions of chances for life. There will still be plenty of stars that don't have the right planets. the % chance for a given star to have the right planet is probably the same. But now the number of stars that get that chance went up. though statistically, this may be one of those math fallacy things (the odds of a 6 showing up on a 1d6 is the same as using 2d6). More chances opportunities doesn't actually improve the overall odds. [/QUOTE]
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