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And indepth analysis and reality checks by Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/29/po...


And on the other end of the journalistic quality spectrum, News.com.au has this article

http://www.news.com.au/technology/perpetual-twilight-of-red-...

The link from the main page reads: Odds of life on new planet '100 per cent'


Odds of tabloid misquoting a scientist to sell more copy "100 per cent.


It seems to be an accurate quote from Vogt:

During a press briefing, Prof Steven Vogt told The Daily Telegraph, “Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say, my own personal feeling is that the chances of life on this planet are 100 percent.”

which sounds rather excessive to me.




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