Science marches on!

One of my first published articles (in Skeptical Inquirer) concerned extraterrestrial intelligence. At the time, there were no planets known outside our solar system.

Now, the first solar system that seems to resemble ours has been described, here. The researchers estimate that in maybe 10 years, there will be good, solid estimates for whether solar systems like ours are highly unusual or not.

This doesn't dramatically affect the argument I made in the article, but it's neat to see some of the blanks being filled in.