Proxima Centauri has a Earth-like planet
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#2Sign me up for the expedition.
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#3Dibs!
(I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.)
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#4I don't think it's a spoiler to say that this is a major plot point in "The Three Body Problem" by Liu Cixin.
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#5I appreciate it's 100% speculative, as we are stuck with a sample set of only one, but I'm increasingly of the belief that we're rare (as opposed to first or fucked [1]).
Heavily swayed by a recent reading of Nick Lane's excellent book on Mitochondria[2].
The fact that even our nearest neighbour probably has an earth-like planet is, from this angle, a bit depressing.
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#6I appreciate it's 100% speculative, as we are stuck with a sample set of only one, but I'm increasingly of the belief that we're rare (as opposed to first or fucked [1]). Heavily swayed by a recent reading of Nick Lane's excellent book on Mitochondria[2]. The fact that even our nearest neighbour probably has an earth-like planet is, from this angle, a bit depressing. [1] http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.ht…
The Percolation Theory reasons that Earth might linger in an uninteresting part of the Milky Way: its galactic backwaters. See:
* [1998] http://www.geoffreylandis.com/percolation.htp
* [2014] https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.0204
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#7I appreciate it's 100% speculative, as we are stuck with a sample set of only one, but I'm increasingly of the belief that we're rare (as opposed to first or fucked [1]). Heavily swayed by a recent reading of Nick Lane's excellent book on Mitochondria[2]. The fact that even our nearest neighbour probably has an earth-like planet is, from this angle, a bit depressing. [1] http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.ht…
You may find the "dark forest hypothesis" that's put forward in the Three Body Problem/Dark Forest series bu Liu Cixin an interesting possible solution for the Fermi Paradise.
Interestingly, a planet on Proxima Centauri is a major plot point in the novels.
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#8I appreciate it's 100% speculative, as we are stuck with a sample set of only one, but I'm increasingly of the belief that we're rare (as opposed to first or fucked [1]). Heavily swayed by a recent reading of Nick Lane's excellent book on Mitochondria[2]. The fact that even our nearest neighbour probably has an earth-like planet is, from this angle, a bit depressing. [1] http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.ht…
You may find the "dark forest hypothesis" that's put forward in the Three Body Problem/Dark Forest series bu Liu Cixin an interesting possible solution for the Fermi Paradise. Interestingly, a planet on Proxima Centauri is a major plot point in the novels.
Yup, I've read the first two of this series, and it's an interesting proposition, but also pretty depressing.
Nation states and / or races are a hopeful and cheery counter example... or in for a hard time.
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#9WHAT. That is one implausible SF premise that just allegedly came true there.
Re: Proxima Centauri has a Earth-like planet
#10WHAT. That is one implausible SF premise that just allegedly came true there.
They've refused to deny it, so they've confirmed it.
When I saw the headline, I literally went 'Oh come on!' out loud. Apparently there's a bloody Earth-like planet everywhere if even our neighboring star has one.