You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Eniac comments on [link] On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 05 December 2014 09:02PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (25)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Eniac 06 December 2014 04:19:41AM 5 points [-]

This is indeed unexpected. It appears the belief in aliens has been waning instead of waxing as we find out more and more about the universe.

"So what happens if we find all these biologically feasible exoplanets that just don't have any life on them?"

We go forth and put some, of course!

Comment author: cameroncowan 07 December 2014 08:51:15AM 2 points [-]

How very human of you,

Comment author: Minds_Eye 11 December 2014 03:29:57PM 0 points [-]

How very human of you.

...Why not Zoidberg?

Comment author: cameroncowan 11 December 2014 11:17:42PM 1 point [-]

Due to the the decapodian mating tendencies (which include standing on beaches attracting their mates after which they die) I don't think they would be driven to cause life on other planets. However, it might be a good idea to send the mutants from the sewers. They could reproduce and improve their evolution within the constraints of that new environment.