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This theory was jokingly suggested in response to Fermi's paradox by his fellow physicist, [[Leó Szilárd]], who suggested to Fermi that extraterrestrials "are already among us — but they call themselves [[Hungarian people|Hungarians]]",<ref>Webb, p. 28. See also: {{cite book |last=Crick |first=Francis |authorlink=Francis Crick |date=1981 |title=Life Itself |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0671255622}}</ref> a humorous reference to the peculiar [[Hungarian language]], unrelated to most other languages spoken in Europe.<ref>Webb, p. 28. See for example George Marx's 1995 lecture, "[http://epa.oszk.hu/00300/00342/00113/marx1.html Conflicts and Creativity — The Hungarian Lesson]", which was based on his 1994 book, ''The Voice of the Martians'', published by the Roland Eötvös Physical Society. A paper was published in July 1996 as "The myth of the martians and the golden age of Hungarian science" in the journal ''Science & Education''.</ref> | This theory was jokingly suggested in response to Fermi's paradox by his fellow physicist, [[Leó Szilárd]], who suggested to Fermi that extraterrestrials "are already among us — but they call themselves [[Hungarian people|Hungarians]]",<ref>Webb, p. 28. See also: {{cite book |last=Crick |first=Francis |authorlink=Francis Crick |date=1981 |title=Life Itself |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0671255622}}</ref> a humorous reference to the peculiar [[Hungarian language]], unrelated to most other languages spoken in Europe.<ref>Webb, p. 28. See for example George Marx's 1995 lecture, "[http://epa.oszk.hu/00300/00342/00113/marx1.html Conflicts and Creativity — The Hungarian Lesson]", which was based on his 1994 book, ''The Voice of the Martians'', published by the Roland Eötvös Physical Society. A paper was published in July 1996 as "The myth of the martians and the golden age of Hungarian science" in the journal ''Science & Education''.</ref> | ||
===== My Take ===== | ===== My Take ===== | ||
Working up my further ideas on this from what begun in the English wiki talk space. | |||
* First I assume the current understanding of the Drake parameters up to a basis for what ''could'' become intelligent life are as follows: | |||
** ''L'' - essentially infinite, once species attain to the singularity only heat death of universe a threat, so 1 million chosen arbitrarily. | |||
** ''f''<sub>i</sub> same but value but interpreted as fraction reaching singluarity, now assoicated with [[:en:first contact]] | |||
With the other parameters as given at fork from English article that yields: | |||
:''N'' = 7 × 0.5 × 2 × 0.33 × 0.01 × 0.01 × 1,000,000 = 231. | |||
and with a 10<sup>6</sup> count for the factor to generalize from the home galaxy, a total of roughly a 100 million worlds since I presume | |||
that post-singularity, intergalactic distances are not, for the purposes of communication alone, significantly different from interstellar | |||
distances. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
