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3 days ago · This article is about the absence of clear evidence of extraterrestrial life. For a type of estimation problem, see Fermi problem. Enrico Fermi (Los Alamos 1945) The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence.
23 hours ago · Yes, and yes. "Before" is just there for emphasis, like "never." "You haven't met my wife, have you?" But that's a boring sentence.|@dew_96 Oh, I was trying to be funny (but I didn't succeed). I meant that your original sentence, with "never" and "before," is *not* boring. They make the sentence more interesting and provide emphasis.
23 hours ago · We often use the present perfect to say what we've done in an unfinished time period, such as today, this week, this year, etc., and with expressions such as so far, until now, before, etc. They've been on holiday twice this year. We haven't had a lot of positive feedback so far. I'm sure I've seen that film before.
5 days ago · USA TODAY will livestream the press conference taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 6:30 p.m. Thursday ET. You can watch live at the video embed at the top of the page or ...
23 hours ago · Yes, and yes. "Before" is just there for emphasis, like "never." "You haven't met my wife, have you?" But that's a boring sentence.
5 days ago · Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven ... I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Who: Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Last recorded words, to his grand-children and his servants, as quoted in The National Preacher (1845) by Austin Dickinson, p. 192.
4 days ago · If that’s so, why haven’t we heard more about it? Why hasn’t it been trumpeted and celebrated as loudly as the HGP was? Part of the reason is that science is inherently and necessarily conservative: slow and reluctant to change its narratives and metaphors, not least because we have all (scientists and public alike) got accustomed to the ...
