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|content=This presentation looks at claims of alien encounters and at arguments on whether humanity is alone. It concludes with a probabilistic argument based on the Fermi paradox. This is lesson 6 of a series of 6 entitled 'Astronomy masterclass' (SC0018) | |content=This presentation looks at claims of alien encounters and at arguments on whether humanity is alone. It concludes with a probabilistic argument based on the Fermi paradox. This is lesson 6 of a series of 6 entitled 'Astronomy masterclass' (SC0018). | ||
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* | * appreciate that it is extremely unlikely that there is sentient life elsewhere in our solar system,<br /> | ||
* | * appreciate that the majority of "encounters" are almost certainly not real and some of the psychological and physiological explanations for this,<br /> | ||
* | * appreciate that microbial life may be much more common than sentient life, but is also much harder to find<br /> | ||
* | * understand the SETI organisation and what it has found so far | ||
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[[Category:Secondary]] [[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Secondary]] [[Category:Science]] | ||
== Teacher's Notes == | == Teacher's Notes == | ||
