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Comment author: closeness 02 April 2015 06:16:23PM *  5 points [-]

I've gone from hoping we find life in the solar system to really hoping we don't.

I notice I am confused a lot.

I can use Bayes theorem well enough to calculate that the probability of me fully understanding Bayes theorem is 0%.

My thoughts about my future have changed from wondering aimlessly about how I can change my life and the world for the better and not being able to do anything about it to knowing quite well how I can change my life and the world for the better and still not doing anything about it

Comment author: bbleeker 03 April 2015 06:31:56PM *  1 point [-]

Why do you hope we don't find life in the solar system? And what about life outside it?

Comment author: closeness 03 April 2015 08:54:49PM 1 point [-]

I'm referring to the great filter theory which I first learned about on Less Wrong: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html