Showing posts with label intelligent life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intelligent life. Show all posts

THE DRAKE EQUATION, THE FERMI PARADOX & THE KARDASHEV SCALE


Thoughts regarding the potential for advanced extraterrestrial civilization range from deeply considered speculation from well regarded scientists to inane comments on internet forums that turn every intelligent back-and-forth into an unfunny joke about how stupid humans are in general or, more specifically, how stupid supporters of the opposition political party are. I'm going to take a closer look at three of the most famous scientific ideas that have developed from the ongoing conversation regarding ET and sprinkle in some of my own lowbrow thoughts on the matter.