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[dfaddleton@mindspring.com (David)]

>this is amazing.  It never ceases to amaze me the vastness of this
>universe.  this one shot contains 31 GALAXIES.  not stars.  but
>BILLIONS of stars.  wonder how many of them have life on them?   the
>law of probability says at least a few.

It's url a I visit everyday ... and often I put up the pic as wallpaper on my puter at home and the office.

This pic is indeed spectacular and awe-inspiring ... 

I would only suggest that the mathematics of probability theory and the "laws" of physics each have different epistemological status in the scheme of our theories about the universe, and that determining the "probability" of "life" or "intelligent life" elsewhere in the universe remains a highly subjective and remarkably perilous enterprise, even given the "Drake Equation" -- having said that, I remain as awed and astonished with the pic as you and at least equally interested in the SETI's efforts. I have not yet run into an alien on the AT [keeping the post on topic], however; although others claim to have seen them there. Nor have I yet seen a flying object which I could not identify.
David Addleton
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