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Phoenix landed near the north pole of Mars.
Last post 06-27-2008 03:31 PM by Primordial. 61 replies.
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  • 06-26-2008 11:29 AM In reply to

    • cyberpatzer
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    Re: Phoenix landed near the north pole of Mars.

      Actually, probability theory shows that the safest assumption in data poor situations--and I consider 3 out of 60,000,000,000 to be data poor (or 1 out of 50,000,000,000 for stars)- is to assume an average or median for the given sample.  This is essentially a statistical generic form of the Copernican principle.

      I have encountered nothing that would sway me that Sol deserves to exempt itself from such a model.  In fact, being and average G star and of a 2nd+ stellar generation, it appears to conform most closely with what we do know of stellar and solar system norms.

      Our awareness is the only thing that is unusual about our system, but our awareness doesn't seem to alter physical laws or statistical models of stellar evolution and main sequence progression, such as we perceive them.

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  • 06-27-2008 03:31 PM In reply to

    Re: Phoenix landed near the north pole of Mars.

    cyberpatzer : I hope you'r right, how about this, do you think, there was a possible Earth and Moon combination here just at the outter edge of the Milky Way during the second generation if we are the third generation ?

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