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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Look, I believe extraterrestrial life exists in some form, but using the Drake Equation and saying it is somehow evidence is pure balogna. Almost half of the formula is based on conjecture and little to absolutely no proof. There is absolutely no way to actually test the formula, and absolutely no way to know if it's true or not.
You really think it is possible to know what fraction of extraterrestrial life, for instance, is technologically advanced enough to be able to let someone else know of their existence in space? How can ANYONE, at this stage in human existence, know that number? Is that not merely a guess? How can you plug that number into that formula and think you have actual evidence of intelligent, extraterrestrial life?
My point isn't whether there may or may not be life out there. It's whether there is any more actual evidence to prove that there is over the existence of a god.
Drake Equation or not, there really isn't. At least, not that the government is releasing anytime soon.
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You’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. The drake equation is a statistical formula to quantify the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Even if you put in the lowest numbers for all the values, you will still get a fraction of a percent chance of the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
You can not statistically quantify the existence of God. If you make a formula to statistically quantify God,
N = 0.
There is a way to test the drake equation. That is to discover an alien civilization. Once you do that, the equation is verified and revised estimates can be made.
It is not a guess, it is a scientific hypothesis in which there is statistical evidence which leads to highly probably outcome in this case.
For extraterrestrial life,
N >= 0.
For God,
N=0.
If the only possible scientific answer for God = 0, then anything >0 is greater statistical evidence.