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

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Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 12 December 2014 05:56:31AM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, pretty much. It would be my default assumption, but only if I was completely ignorant about anything beyond the atmosphere. And if we're going to put ourselves in that position, it's not entirely unreasonable to conclude that Marduk grew the world from a weed.

If you are referring to complexity, then I think it's almost common sense.