On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Mike Rosing wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Sarad AV wrote:
>
> > So does the fermi paradox mean that there are no extra
> > terrestrials.Can't we throw away this paradox like
> > every other paradox?
>
> It's easier to assume we don't know what we're looking for. That's not a
> paradox at all. If you measure the same thing under different conditions,
> or worse, measre different things under what appear to be the same
> conditions, you have a paradox.
Sorry, that's not a paradox. It does directly address -your assumption the
conditions are the same-. What it -actually- implies is that there is one
or more unknown parameters you are -not- controlling. Hence, the conditions
are -not- the same.
A paradox is when you have two or more sets of assertions built from the
same axioms. Each can be shown to be 'true'. Each leads to a -different-
result or conclusion when, the results -should- be the same.
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