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Subject: Re: Relevant - Plate Tectonics Might Only Occur on 0.003% of Planets.
 That Makes Earth Very Special Indeed.
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 10:24:52 +1200
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Much snippage.

On 6/07/24 03:18, Paul S Person wrote:
> 1. Certain people believe -- firmly, passionately, and religiously
> believe -- that We Are Not Alone. This /must/ be true, they say, it
> just /must/ be true.

You seem to be implying that all such people are nutters but my general
understanding is that many credible believers do so because of
statistics, the incomprehensible, to me, number of planets possible.
Restricting that to a further three in a thousand will not change that
belief.

Adam Roberts addresses and solves the Fermi Paradox in the final part of
Jack Glass.