| Subject: Re: The Fermi Paradox and SETI Success |
| From: TBerk |
| Date: 29/08/2008, 05:54 |
| Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur,alt.sci.seti,alt.sci.planetary,talk.origins |
On Aug 13, 5:38 pm, John Harshman <jharshman.diespam...@pacbell.net>
wrote:
K_h wrote:
<snip>
If Earth is the only planet in 10^150 with life then that suggests that the
universe is fine tuned for Earthly life. If a substantial fraction of the
10^150 planets have life then that suggests the whole universe is finely
tuned for life. If the universe if not fine-tuned for life then that
suggests the number of planets with life should be around the logarithmic
middle of 10^150 or around 10^75.
That's what we might call number salad. Can you present a real argument
why any of these numbers would mean what you claim?
He's got this hat, see? And he pulls the numbers out of it. It's
allvery simple.
TBerk