Re: orders of magnitude
Philip Witham (pwitham@cts.com)
Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:13:49 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Rick Knight wrote:
> > "There are hundreds of billions of stars in
> > the galaxy, and if only one in a million had
> > planets, and if only one in a million of those
> > had life, and if one in a million of those had
> > intelligent life, there could be millions of
> > intelligent civilizations out there."
> Anton Sherwood wrote:
> This was one of the most egregious science blunders in
> an otherwise scientifically excellent movie. I turned to
But... The statement does not say "millions of intellegent civilizations
in this galaxy", but rather "out there", which would include all
galaxys. So the statement is merely misleading, yes?
- PW