The Drake Equation at 60: Reconsidered and Abandoned
| Autor: | Gertz, John |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | Each of the individual factors of the Drake Equation is considered. Each in turn is either abandoned or redefined and finally reduced to a single new factor, fd, the fraction of technological life that is detectable by any means. However, neither the Drake Equation, nor its replacement, can actually solve for N. Only a vibrant SETI program and, ultimately, contact with an alien civilization might result in the determination of N. Comment: 27 pages, Accepted for publication to JBIS |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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