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Crap Throwing Clavin
1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

The odds favor life existing elsewhere in the galaxy on two points:

 

1) Simple probability.  It's a big universe, so much that even something that has an infinitesimal chance of occurrence is still likely to have occurred somewhere.

 

2) The scientific principle that anything that's observed should be assumed to be common.  I.e., "If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."  If you're observing an event, you should not assume that event is a unique occurrence.  By that principle, the fact that life exists on one planet is itself an indicator that it should be common in the universe.

 

The question of whether or not life is visiting us...that's a completely different question.  And there's very good reasons to expect the answer to be "probably not." 

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Crap Throwing Clavin
33 minutes ago, Foxx said:

Seems to me there was something like this back in 2012 or so.

 

'Mysterious' flying spiral spotted by Hawaii's Subaru Telescope

 

The video, courtesy of Reuters.

 

That was a rocket - a Falcon 9, launching a military payload from Florida.  Second or third stage, which would detach somewhere over the central Pacific.

 

That's not uncommon, that rockets go out of control into spiral patterns.  Doesn't happen every day, but you see it every few months or so, where a stage detaches with some remaining fuel and thrust available, and ends up flying in a spiral pattern.  And it's apparently common with the Falcon 9 final stage.

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Not really the right thread - this isn't a "new" phenomenon or anywhere as crazy as the headline wants it to be (then again, it's the Daily Mail soooo), but it's still pretty neat. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Not really the right thread - this isn't a "new" phenomenon or anywhere as crazy as the headline wants it to be (then again, it's the Daily Mail soooo), but it's still pretty neat. 

 

 

 

"That's unbelievable!"

 

"Actually, believing it is super easy, barely an inconvenience."

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