Exoplanet hunters may be misrepresenting the likelihood of their findings

[Pelican Press 0]

There’s nothing to get a scientist’s heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics like finding Earth analogs or hints of a biosignature in an atmosphere, those statistical debates could have real-world consequences, both for the assignment of additional observational resources, but also for humanity’s general understanding of itself in the universe.

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