turtlespeed 226 #1 November 9, 2010 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?iref=obnetwork "100 Percent chance of life" then "I have almost no doubt" Which is it? 100% or almost 100%I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #2 November 9, 2010 Quote http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?iref=obnetwork "100 Percent chance of life" then "I have almost no doubt" Which is it? 100% or almost 100% Not easy to answer. Let me try to help: 2 weeks ago, my optician said my eyesight is at 120 percent, how do I have to judge that?? I still wear glasses. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 November 9, 2010 Quote"The chances for life on this planet are 100 percent," Steven Vogt, a UC professor of astronomy and astrophysics says. "I have almost no doubt about it." He has almost no doubt there is a 100% chance of life on the planet. There is a 100% chance you won't find this a satisfactory explanation. I have almost no doubt about it.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 November 9, 2010 Quote Quote http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?iref=obnetwork "100 Percent chance of life" then "I have almost no doubt" Which is it? 100% or almost 100% Not easy to answer. Let me try to help: 2 weeks ago, my optician said my eyesight is at 120 percent, how do I have to judge that?? I still wear glasses. Sounds like you need to send him to statistics class.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #5 November 9, 2010 Your answer satisfied my need for humor, so you are wrong again, no big surprise. But it is telling if you are scientifically satisfied by the answer ans statements. Do you support his type of answer?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #6 November 9, 2010 My guess is he is just excited for the find. Cool stuff though. Wonder how close we are getting to being able to directly image such places? Last I read it was anticipated to be around 2015, maybe 2020 - and on that stuff we usually seem to get there a bit faster than projected." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #7 November 9, 2010 QuoteDo you support his type of answer? I have no real issue with it in an interview. FFS, he didn't say that in a peer reviewed article he had written.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #8 November 9, 2010 QuoteYour answer satisfied my need for humor, so you are wrong again, no big surprise. But it is telling if you are scientifically satisfied by the answer ans statements. Do you support his type of answer? We don't know what his answer actually was. He probably said a lot of stuff, and those are just two tiny snippets. Y'know how reporters get skydiving stuff wrong all the time? Often the same for science.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maadmax 0 #9 November 10, 2010 Quotehttp://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?iref=obnetwork "100 Percent chance of life" then "I have almost no doubt" Which is it? 100% or almost 100% http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64308/title/Existence_of_habitable_exoplanet_questioned Swiss team of veteran planet hunters is not 100% sure the planet Gliese 581g even exists. ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #10 November 10, 2010 Quote http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/100-percent-chance-for-life-on-newly-found-planet/?iref=obnetwork "100 Percent chance of life" then "I have almost no doubt" Which is it? 100% or almost 100% Big deal...so there's life....is there any scientific evidence of a con-science or that there even should be?Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #11 November 10, 2010 Quote http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64308/title/Existence_of_habitable_exoplanet_questioned Swiss team of veteran planet hunters is not 100% sure the planet Gliese 581g even exists. ... I guess that would fall under the a=category of "NOT 100% sure"I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
