Until recently, given our ignorance of other planets, we has a sample of GOLDILOCKS_PLANETS=1, INTELLIGENT_LIFE=1. There was a theory in the 50s? that planets were rare, we've now disproved that. Ass… (View Post)

My personal solution to the fermi paradox is that even with a "Goldilocks" planet, significant tides are really rare. You need a huge moon and the principal planet not to become one-face to… (View Post)

A total eclipse of the sun. Insanely rare even on a galactic scale to have a moon that is almost exactly equal in angular radius to the sun. (Some SF author pointed this out - Adams? Banks?) (View Post)

The nice Trump supporters. (Witness the increased confusion the use of they for singular individuals causes - the article makes clear the Democrat was male). (View Post)

Can you please change your username to "Irritatingly Slim" (View Post)