Well statistically speaking you and me are probably both quite average…
If you were to consider our solar system, would Earth be considered “average”? I guess I have the idea of average as being the arithmetic mean, and I can’t make sense of that here.
A rocky planet as opposed to gaseous like Jupiter?
the Copernican principle states that humans, on the Earth or in the Solar System, are not privileged observers of the universe, that observations from the Earth are representative of observations from the average position in the universe
The idea is that an individual is probably pretty close to whatever is “normal” for its group. Like, most people are around the normal height for their country. So we’re probably pretty close to whatever “normal” is for a terrestrial intelligence.
Could there be other forms of life that are wildly different from us? Definitely. But we probably aren’t special. Statistically speaking, they probably aren’t either. So we’re probably fairly similar.
This theory was generated from a sample size of one, so it may be totally incorrect.
If you were to consider our solar system, would Earth be considered “average”? I guess I have the idea of average as being the arithmetic mean, and I can’t make sense of that here.
A rocky planet as opposed to gaseous like Jupiter?
Check out the Copernican principle:
The idea is that an individual is probably pretty close to whatever is “normal” for its group. Like, most people are around the normal height for their country. So we’re probably pretty close to whatever “normal” is for a terrestrial intelligence.
Could there be other forms of life that are wildly different from us? Definitely. But we probably aren’t special. Statistically speaking, they probably aren’t either. So we’re probably fairly similar.
This theory was generated from a sample size of one, so it may be totally incorrect.
That is interesting. Thank you.