Operation Iago (The Confederated Worlds, Book 2) has been out four weeks now. If you haven’t picked it up yet, its focus is an exciting story about a likable character struggling to grow as both a leader and a man. But one of the joys of reading science fiction is the chance to explore strange …
Uncertainty in calculating the Drake Equation has led us to a broad range, with N = [0.84-16.03] * f_i * f_c * L. Despite the uncertainty, we concluded that relatively high values of f_i (the fraction of life-bearing worlds that give rise to intelligence), f_c (the fraction of intelligent species that develop technology detectable across …
This has been the toughest post in the series to write, because the question of how life arose is the most open. A look at the linked article will show a lot of different conjectures. Which one(s) explain how life actually arose on Earth and/or would arise on other planets are still unknown. Let’s make …
The Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation – Fraction of Planets Where Life Arises Read More »
As we discussed in the series so far (1 2 3), the Drake Equation gives an estimate of the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible, N. After entering the first two values, we have: N = 5.625 * n_e * f_l * f_i * f_c * L Today, we’ll …
The Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation – Planets Potentially Supporting Life Read More »
As we discussed in the series so far (1 2), the Drake Equation gives an estimate of the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible, N, as: N = 6.25 * f_p * n_e * f_l * f_i * f_c * L Today, we’ll talk about the second term, …
The Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation – Stars with Planets Read More »
As we discussed in the last post, the Drake Equation gives an estimate of the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible, N, as: N = R * f_p * n_e * f_l * f_i * f_c * L Today, we’ll talk about the first term, R = the average …
The Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation – Star Formation Read More »
