Why aliens probably exist

Here are five possible reasons why some form of intelligent extraterrestrial life may exist: Enrico Fermi was walking to lunch near Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico during World War II when he made a casual comment that would later become known as the Fermi paradox. He asked, “Where is everybody?”, meaning, “If there…

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The Pareto principle

The Pareto principle states that for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from just 20% of the causes. This means that in many cases, there may be a small number of things that have a disproportionately large impact on some outcome. For example, if you want to increase your productivity at work, focusing…

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