simplicio comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey

simplicio Nov 4, 2012, 9:56 PM
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I was pretty sure there were about 100 billion galaxies so I just divided by that factor.
- Eugine_Nier Nov 4, 2012, 10:48 PM
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  That assumes aliens arising in each galaxy is an independent event when conditioning on your uncertainty.
  What links here?
  - Eugine_Nier's comment on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey by Scott Alexander (Nov 4, 2012, 10:52 PM; -4 points)
  - simplicio Nov 4, 2012, 11:08 PM
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    ...why yes, yes it does. Dur.