By definition any Universe must contain at least one intelligent species and we cannot tell whether we are alone or not, until some evidence is found.


PP, why does this come from any known definition of a universe?

Citing -- not sighting -- the number of known clusters, galaxies, stars and such is an exercise in analyzing probability, not faith. Viva la difference.

Given that we hope to travel to distant galaxies ourselves some day, mastering the intricacies of space-warping, why would it be ridiculous to speculate that some other species might have gotten there first? Hell hasn't frozen over yet as far as I know...

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