We are (probably) not alone (in the universe)!
We've been proving that we're pretty boring for the past few thousand years... we'll probably keep doing that!
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~~ Citations ~~
1. Definition of the Principle of Mediocrity: https://www.britannica.com/science/pr...
2. Geocentric (Ptolemaic) Model: https://www.britannica.com/science/ge...
3. Heliocentric (Copernican) Model: https://archive.org/details/cosmologi...
4. Edmond Halley - Stellar Motion: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
5. William Herschel - Moving Solar System: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
6. Edwin Hubble - Other Galaxies: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/192...
7. ALMA - Protoplanetary Disks: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/201...
8. More than 5000 exoplanets discovered: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech...
9. Possibly 25% of Sun-like stars with Earth-like planets: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01417
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Hi, I'm Thomas, a first year PhD student at Cardiff University. This is my channel where I share my experiences of academia and pieces of Physics and Astronomy I find interesting.
If you enjoy videos from Simon Clark, Dr Becky or Ruby Granger, I think you'll enjoy my videos!
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In this video, I discuss the Principle of Mediocrity - the idea that things that are most likely to happen, typically do and that things that appear exceptional to humans, rarely are. This is a foundation of the argument for the existence of extraterrestrial (i.e. alien) life - the idea that in a universe that is infinitely big, it is statistically unlikely that we are the only life in the universe.