Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
(http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins100298.html)
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
(http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins100298.html)
Estimates? Here some quotes from the paper on those “estimates”:
“Also Lc, the average longevity of a communicative civilization, cannot be inducted from its short history on Earth and could be anywhere between a few hundred years and billions of years.”
“Bayesian analysis demonstrates that as long as Earth remains the only known planet with biotic life, any value could be assigned to Fb”
You tell me how valuable these estimates are, in view of their precision....