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Life on Mars? I hope not.

Life on Mars? I hope not.

Linc Lincoln Russell 1 May, 2008 at 11:57am ET Article published in Tech

Why life on Mars could foretell our own doom. Really good essay on probability and E.T. life.

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Comments

  1. Linc
    6 May 2008 ~ 12:16pm Linc And maybe that Great Filter is oil.
  2. CB
    6 May 2008 ~ 12:52pm CB The article in the OP doesn't impress me. It skims over several possible alternative explanations for life on both planets, and he strikes one of my pet-peeves: "other solar systems". For some reason, anytime I hear someone say that, it makes me think a lot less of their ability to understand things about the galaxy.

    The idea that the solution to Fermi's paradox might involve learning to properly use the non-renewable resources of our home planet, presented in the second article, makes sense, but I'm not sure I agree with it.
  3. GHoosdum
    6 May 2008 ~ 12:54pm GHoosdum Interesting set of articles.

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