Author

William C. Armstrong

William C. Armstrong is the author of several plays and puzzle books (williamarmstrong.com). J. W. Armstrong works at a large laboratory in Southern California.

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An Update On the Prime Directive

Everyone's heard of the Drake equation. It predicts the number of communicative extraterrestrials starting with the number of stars in the galaxy multiplied by increasingly restrictive factors (stars with planets, planets with life, life with intelligence, and so on). Plugging…