{"id":152716,"date":"2022-12-13T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-problem-with-the-rare-earth-hypothesis"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:23:36","slug":"the-problem-with-the-rare-earth-hypothesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-problem-with-the-rare-earth-hypothesis","title":{"rendered":"The Problem With \u201cThe Rare Earth Hypothesis\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CsLmoiKugE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Rare Earth Hypothesis suggests that our planet may the product of an incredibly improbable sequence of events, and thus perhaps intelligent life is extremely rare in the cosmos. Here we tackle this highly influential idea and the arguments behind it. But, digging deeper, we\u2019ll uncover some problems with the Rare Earth idea \u2014 some of which strike to the very core of our scientific quest.<\/p>\n<p>Written &amp; presented by Prof David Kipping.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 Support our research program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support\">https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support<\/a>.<br \/> \u2192 Get Stash here! <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/cool-worlds-store\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/cool-worlds-store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, G. Fulton, N. Kildal, M. Lijoi, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zanjonc, C. Wolfred, F. Rebolledo, L. Skov, E. Wilson, A. de Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, V. Alexandrov, L. Macchia, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, F. Linker, J. 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Here we tackle this highly influential idea and the arguments behind it. 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