The Odds of Life and Intelligence

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"It could come to rest in some static configuration of galaxies. Life, especially #IntelligentLife, could go on for a much longer time than previously expected."
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)

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🚀🤔 Oh, the audacity of science to suggest that Mars's atmosphere might not play by Earth's rules! Too bad the article got blocked faster than your hopes of finding intelligent life on Mars. 🔒💫
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-contrast-earth-mars-middle-atmosphere.html #MarsAtmosphere #ScienceNews #SpaceExploration #IntelligentLife #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
In contrast to Earth, Mars's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves

A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes.

Phys.org

A groundbreaking study from Penn State challenges the 'hard steps' theory, suggesting that intelligent life may be more common in the universe than previously thought. Researchers propose that, given the right planetary conditions, the evolution of complex life is a predictable process rather than a rare fluke. This insight reshapes our understanding of life's potential beyond Earth.

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#IntelligentLife #SpaceResearch #GoodNews
https://thedebrief.org/are-we-alone-intelligent-life-may-be-more-common-than-we-thought-new-penn-state-study-suggests/

Are We Alone? Intelligent Life May Be More Common Than We Thought, New Penn State Study Suggests

Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

The Debrief

Intelligent Life in the Universe - Prof. Peter Ulmschneider

https://exo.tube/videos/watch/42e66163-5799-48f3-990f-26f504ba5a47

Intelligent Life in the Universe - Prof. Peter Ulmschneider

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We Humans are embedded in a Web of Intelligent Life, not the Pinnacle of a Hierarchy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - From the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest creatures on Earth–Antarctic blue whales and coastal redwood trees, minute bacteria and human beings–we are all enmeshed in layers of relationships.  We need each other, though some more than others.  Plants evolved hundreds of millions of years before the first humans and transformed the Earth–through their creativity in surviving predators–into a livable environment for all animals, including humans.  We needed plants for our evolution and need them now for our survival from climate disaster.  They, however, did not need us

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"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." - Bill Watterson
#quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #intelligentlife #SETI #WeAreNotAlone #BeingHuman

It is our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering globe of light whose sporadic and unpredictable output has baffled astronomers for years. But now the study of #BoyajiansStar is being promoted as a research model that could help in one of the most intriguing of all scientific quests: finding #IntelligentLife on other worlds. #SETI

‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for #extraterrestrial life | #AlienLife | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/27/is-it-aliens-how-a-mysterious-star-could-help-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life

‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life

Scientists hope studies into Boyajian’s star could lead to enhanced techniques for identifying distant planetary civilisations

The Guardian

"I do not believe that we have been visited by #extraterrestrials. However, I do think it is quite possible, even likely, that #intelligentlife has emerged in many places in the #universe. The universe is an immensely large place with ... #stars within the visible part and since we know that the probability of intelligent life, let alone any kind of life, emerging is not zero (since it has happened here), it is not hard to imagine that it also emerged elsewhere."

https://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2024/03/24/the-ufo-cult/

The UFO cult

I do not believe that we have been visited by extra-terrestrials. However, I do think it is quite possible, even likely, that intelligent life has emerged in many places in the universe. The univer…

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