RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/115513472247117141

It seems that Drake equation gets narrowed down to something like

\(N = 10^{10}×f_l×f_i×f_c×L \)

where 10¹⁰ is the order of magnitude of G-type main-sequence stars with rocky planets currently in our light cone.

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Still 4 hard to estimate variables left. My current estimate:
N=10¹⁰×0.1×0.00001×0.01×0.01
N = 1±1000.

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