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The Bayesian Prior of Intelligent Design
A lot of these things trace back to premises, which depend very strongly on what's called the Bayesian prior that you apply. You'd expect a uniform prior for one seventh of all intelligent life on earth to be in Antarctica. When I go there, Peter, I'm not even the smartest person there. I might be the only native New Yorker there. There's only 200 people there. It's bigger than Texas.