What are the chances we are the only intelligent life in the universe?
Latest estimate that in the observable universe (due to the age of the universe and the speed of light its virtually guarenteed there are stars we just cant see yet) there are around 300 sextillion sextillion stars this is not a typo:
300000000000000000000000
FK ME!!
Impressed? Given that the most conservative ratio of planets to stars is about 2 with many claiming more like 4 isnt it arrogant as hell to assume we are alone???
Also something to consider without technology we cant even dream of yet it is impossible for us to ever visit them all as they are accellerating away from us at astronomical speeds (pun intended lol). So why? If a creator in fact exists why make stars that are useless to us infact why make more than one galaxy it makes no sense.
Finally im sure all us atheists are aware theres good odds there is life on rather in europa jupitors ice moon all the ingredients neccessary for life exist there were not saying dolphins but the species we find on earth around fumeroles as we think fumeroles will exist in europa as a result of the tidal gravaty from jupitor.
We also have detected methane in mars's atmosphere now there is a remote chance its the result of volcanic activity but mars is considered a dead world volcanically so we think its caused by bacteria and are sending a specially designed robot to find it.
And last of all we have found amino acids inside meteorites they are one of the basic steps in making life.
So there you have it odds are theres life on mars and in europa and there are an estimated 600 - 1200 septillion planets in the observable universe atleast 0.1% of that has to have conditions amicable to life as we know it (there is the possibility of things like silicon based life or life that can exist in the hydrocarbon lakes of titan or whatever we dont know).
I cannot buy the claim that we are the only life or even that we are the only intelligent life the number of planets out there is just to high.
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