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		DennisP 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made i... It does seem unlikely that such life forms would ever become spacefaring.

rowanG077 77 days ago [–]

That's a separate term in the equation.

DennisP 77 days ago | [–]

Yes, but we should consider these linkages when setting values. If we assume that volcanic vent life is very unlikely to become spacefaring, we should either leave it out of the "life" term, or leave it in but lower the probability of the "becomes spacefaring" term.

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