in a universe as big as ours, isn't intelligent life somewhere

>>7756263
no

If you unironically think that, you have no idea how unlikely life is.

>>7756263
Of course. This is a well-known example of inference from a single observation.

>>7756263
I don't think you understand how statistics works.

since there's not even any intelligent life on earth, how is it supposed to occur somewhere else?

>>7756290
How can you say for sure how unlikely life is?

>>7756263
>a statistical fact
Lrn2statistics
then Lrn2fact

>>7756263
no

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>>7756263
>intelligent
By whose standard? Intelligence is a social construct.

inb4 OP wants aliens who are good at taking IQ tests

Even in a planet like earth, hominids have only existed for like 0.05% of its history. Of course intelligent life might continue for far longer into the future here, but still.

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>>7756263
When I contemplate the universe I often think it an inevitability. It's just as likely that life floated here through the cosmos rather than starting here.

Of course not.

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No. Our planet is completely unique. We are the center of the universe in every way but physically.

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>>7757852
...but, good sir, there is so much to the mystery of life we are still learning that to think we can even make a declaration of it's origin makes you sound preposterous.

>>7756263
It's pure speculation, because we have no way to verify any claim it's impossible to even do a mere mathematical calculation for it.

Not intelligent life, but life yes