Episode 005 - Is Intelligent Life Rare?

Tim and James talk aliens, space, and whether there is any intelligent life at Oxford University.

A paper recently published in the journal Astrobiology claims to have performed a rigorous probabalistic analysis concerning the likelihood that intelligent life exists on other planets. The conclude that intelligent life is extremely rare. We take a look at the assumptions and basis on which the paper is founded. In the latter part of the episode we take a look at SETI in more broad terms and some of its fundamental assumptions.

Here are some link to some of the sources that were used in the creation of this episode.

The paper in question

Music: Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3553-cool-vibes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/