Re: Probability formula for life


"John W Edser" <edser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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dkomo <dkomo871@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:-
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This means that if the average probability that a star in the universe
contains a planet with life is no less than 4.61 X 10^-22, we can be
99.9999% certain that the universe contains *at least* one star (other
than our sun) with life.

Those are pretty good betting odds.

Note that the above analysis ignores *when* life develops at a star.
The analysis is not constrained to extant life. If life developed only
once at some other star 200 million years ago, then disappeared, that is
an example of a successful life event.

JE:-
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Each competing living
system remains subject to exactly the same laws of nature (sorry, no
privileges).

Agree.

What I find interesting to speculate on are the following:


[You might therefore not be inclinded to accept my effectively philosophy
terminating outlook on these things - as follows:]

1) What would cognitive life be like if it evolved on an earth like planet
but millions of years in advance of us.

Saturated by a broad spectrum of AEVASIVE reflexes/habits/preoccupations;
since the principle of SHI-type predicaments and their internal/cellular
preservation
and thereby as if "endogenous preservation" combining with (primary)
opportunity type environmental and intrinsic pressures, is universally
relevant to the evolution of animals.

2) What advances in cognitive knowledge could such an advanced
civilization
evolve and what would constitute a morality within their communities?

Morality would be fundamentally based especially on pain/mirror (but also of
course on pleasure/mirror) neurons.

P


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