Quote from: intelegan on October 20, 2017, 06:10:09 AM

Given the size of our universe and the amount of planets we've found, the probability for ANY life to exist on just one of those planets approaches 1. Even if we narrow the scope to intelligent life, I still feel the odds are extremely high.

Exactly. Our galaxy alone contains 10 billion terrestial planets. Gas giants like Jupiter are not included here as they wouldn't be able to sustain life like we know it.
I repeat; 10 billion planets that have the potential to harbor life. And guess what, there are 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. That's 20 billion trillion, or 20.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 terrestial planets. That's only in the observable universe! The notion that Earth is the only place where life exists in the universe, is simply ignorant, self-centric, and unfathomably improbable.

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