[ExI] kepler study says 8.8e9 earthlike planets

[BillK]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:53 PM, spike wrote:
> Ja, we would be in that short transition period.  Problem: the NASA findings
> increased by four orders of magnitude the number of expected Shakespeare
> species.  So that news is evidence against the whole notion.
>
> Don’t worry too much about evidence yet; we are back to the brainstorming
> phase.
>


You've even got Bloomberg worrying about it now!

<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-06/don-t-believe-in-aliens-maybe-you-re-the-crazy-one.html>
Quote:
Fermi’s question remains unanswered. But it only grows more
compelling, and more perplexing, with each new discovery.



BillK