The whole concept assumes way too much. We actually know very few of the variables in that equation. None of it is really anything more than an judgment call based on a very limited perspective of the universe. Any statistician would tell you that it's totally bogus because it doesn't rely on solid data, and not all of the possible contributing factors have been accounted for. We think we have a pretty good understanding of the universe, but realistically we barely know the basics. I believe there probably is intelligent life out there somewhere, but it isn't going to be discovered by an irrelevant mathematical formula.
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Originally Posted by bkadoctaj
Science and Nature forum, I'd be willing to presume.
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I wouldn't really consider it science, but I guess it's nature related.