Recent content by rainey day woman

I think he is probably sincere in what he does. I suspect that he probably knows more than what he lets on. I have no idea what his motives are, but I just find the chronology of his life to be a bit strange. Don't get me wrong, His CV just doesn't add up as far as I am concerned. On the...

Yep, I meant the Drake Equation. As previously stated, earth sized rocks in the Golidilocks Zone means nothing. A needle in a haystack. Humanity will attempt to achive inter-stellar travel. It will not be in our life time, but it will be attempted. Ultimately, if humanity is to survive, we...

Sorry for taking so long to reply. Been away. Anyway, I do agree with what you say. Nevertheless, these are still 'special' circumstances. I suspect that the hope that we will find an earth sized rock in the Goldilocks zone is simply the wrong way to go about looking for intelligent life. BTW...

Yes, it has been calculated that Thea was about that size. The most important aspect of the whole thing is not just the magnetic field though. The debris created the moon. The moon is big enough to keep our rotation stable. This stability has allowed evolution to function, thereby ending up with...

Thanks for posting a decent observation/argument regarding this topic. I have to apologise that I must quote quite a lot of it in order to make my own observations known (sorry everyone, I know it's tedious). Agreed, though I have a number of serious problems with the whole idea. First of...