Drake Equation Research Paper

In truth, this drake equation might seem like it gives us reasonable calculations of the civilization out the in the universe but this is a very flawed equation. In one way that this equation is flawed is that there is not an exact definition as to what constitutes as “intelligent”, such as that there are many forms of intelligence and we as humans might just not be aware of those kinds of intelligences out there in the universe. Also, this equation is flawed in such that we compare everything based on earth, therefore this equation would be considered biased. Hothem said in his lecture that “we know more of what we don’t know than what we know” which is a confusing saying but it makes sense because in our culture we praise those that know more than the average do, …show more content…
In the Drake Equation, there are some mathematical miscalculations with using the drake equation based on the earth if the earth is so miniscule compared to the whole universe we live in. When we calculate the drake equation and we find several civilizations that might be out there in the universe that answer only tells us that there’s more to find out and it gives us a number for our unknowns. I think that the drake equation should include a variable such as time because we know that the fastest speed is the speed of light and we should account for the time that perhaps an extraterrestrial life signal might reach us then we might not even be here because we know that there’s 5 billion years left approximately left of the sun to live and by that time we might not be in earth. We know that these numbers based on this equation are estimates so if we can’t thoroughly explore our neighboring plants it is safe to say that any estimates about the rest of the planet are