Re: Our rocky solar system may be rare
Brian Manning Delaney (bdelaney@infinitefaculty.org)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:30:15 -0700
Brian Atkins wrote:
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990911/newsstory8.html
>From article:
> If the theory is right, it makes the
> Solar System more unique than many scientists
> would like.
Personally, I'd be delighted to find out we're unique, perhaps
even absolutely so. It greatly lowers the odds that we'll
destroy ourselves. (Apparent absence of aliens has many possible
causes, though.)
Brian.
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Brian Manning Delaney
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