On 07Nov2018 0953, Sudnadja (via tml list) wrote:

> Also, if it were a light sail, they must be incredibly common if we
> just happened to see one in an automated survey shortly after that
> survey started up. The galaxy would have had to have been flooded
> with them.

That does not follow. The odds of us seeing one right after we start
looking are very, very low if they aren't common, but very unlikely
events can still occur. They just aren't the way to bet.

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