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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 July 2013 08:50:08PM 3 points [-]

Nick Bostrom's been considering that argument recently :-)

Comment author: drnickbone 11 July 2013 09:03:11PM *  0 points [-]

Wow! It would be nice to know how the relative numbers play out, and whether the argument goes anywhere.

As a piece of related evidence, it seems that Earth-like rocky planets were appearing much earlier in the universe than previously thought. This article suggests they started showing up 12-13 billion years ago, not long after the first stars.