Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 18, 2014
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Transcript:
hammy: Verne, do you think you're alone in the universe? verne: Good question, hammy!....behold the drake equation...used to calculate civilizations in our galaxy... verne: ...you see, "R" is the rate of stars formed.... "F" is the fraction of those stars with planets.... verne: "ne" are planets hospitable to life... "Fl" is the fraction of those on which life can emerge....of those "F" is the planets with intelligent life..."fc" is the fraction of those planets with beings capable of interstellar communication...and "L" is the length of time such a civilization remains detectable....now, if we fill in the variables with educated guesses, we conclude... verne:...I'm very much alone in the universe.
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We live in an infinite universe w a given amount of energy and mass. Any finite number over infinity is so small a number that it rapidly approaches zero. Ergo given x/ infinity is zero by definition not only do other life forms not exist neither do we ! If you don’t believe me ask Sartre.