Why Do We Exist Here and Now?

A flare from the Sun. The most abundant stars are dwarf stars with a tenth of the mass of the Sun. They live for trillions of years, over a hundred times longer than the Sun’s lifespan. If intelligent life was common around low-mass stars, we would find ourselves next to a dwarf star in the future. Why do we exist near the Sun right now, cosmologically speaking?

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