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Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Paradox of Red Dwarfs

There could be five times more Kryptonians and Earthlings out there in the universe. And we also don't really know how common is life, how long does it take to evolve. We think that on Earth, life itself evolved pretty quickly. So if we did live in a universe where intelligent life emerged very, very rapidly, then our situation wouldn't be as unlikely. It'd be like a one in five chance instead of a one in 100 chance.

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