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What I've posted is the "Drake Equation"
It is a mathematical equation that is one hypothesis in calculating the probability of life beyond earth in our Galaxy.
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It applies in this debate as follows:
There is one fundamental flaw with this equation as seen by its detractors. And that is that it is based on a presumption of life existing beyond earth. This in itself disqualifies the entire premise according to its detractors.
The reasons for not accepting the premise of life beyond earth vary by individual...maybe its religious reasons, or simply a dismissal of the possibility out of hand...they just can't accept it.
Here, we have Shameless dismissing out of hand every topic based on probabilities and circumstance as pure conspiracy theory.
This parallel's the detractors of the Drake equation.
They will not accept the equation of probability because the entire concept is impossible to accept.
Shameless will NEVER be convinced of the possibility that these "conspiracy theories" are more probable than not, because the entire concept is beyond his ability to accept.
It's a lot easier to mock those who accept the very real probability that these theories are correct in some way at some level.
Like the drake detractors who will never accept even a theoretical reduction equation...he will never accept anything less than Killary in the room standing over a body with a smoking gun...and that is NEVER going to happen.
He asks for proof, but he doesn't really want it. The probability of truth seems to scare him...because that would mean he is wrong...something you'd think he'd be used to by now.
What a great post! It takes real imagination to link Hillary to the search for extraterrestrial life and the Drake equation. I think I would argue against your premise though. I happen to be an atheist because, while I concede the possibility of God, I have seen no evidence for His existence and certainly not really good evidence for it. To me, the more incredible the claim the more incredible the evidence you need to produce for it. Almost anything is possible, but I'm not gonna waste a lot of time on debating the existence of leprechauns until somebody offers pretty compelling reason to believe in the wee people.