https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Sekoiaexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-20T00:12:21ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Flake_Equation&diff=30777The Flake Equation2013-03-22T19:24:27Z<p>Sekoia: Redirected page to 718: The Flake Equation</p>
<hr />
<div>#REDIRECT [[718: The Flake Equation]]</div>Sekoiahttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=718&diff=307767182013-03-22T19:24:23Z<p>Sekoia: Redirected page to 718: The Flake Equation</p>
<hr />
<div>#REDIRECT [[718: The Flake Equation]]</div>Sekoiahttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=718:_The_Flake_Equation&diff=30775718: The Flake Equation2013-03-22T19:22:31Z<p>Sekoia: Created page with "{{comic | number = 718 | date = 2010-03-24 | title = The Flake Equation | image = the flake equation.png | titletext = Statistics suggest that there should be ..."</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 718<br />
| date = 2010-03-24<br />
| title = The Flake Equation<br />
| image = the flake equation.png<br />
| titletext = Statistics suggest that there should be tons of alien encounter stories, and in practice there are tons of alien encounter stories. This is known as Fermi's Lack-of-a-Paradox.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
The Flake equation is a parody of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Drake equation], which estimates the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy.<br />
<br />
The alt-text refers to Fermi's Lack-of-a-Paradox as a parody of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox Fermi paradox]: the contradiction between the high estimated probability of extraterrestrial civilization and humanity's lack of evidence for such civilizations.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
''None available.''<br />
<!-- There is no transcript for this comic at xkcd in the "transcript" div. --><br />
<!-- The transcript can be found in a hidden <div> element on the xkcd comic's html source, with id "transcript".<br />
-- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br />
-- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br />
-- Do not include the title text again here --><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<!-- Include any categories below this line--></div>Sekoia