[InABunkerUnderSF]

Given the number of stars with planets and the age of the sun compared to a lot of other stars you would think that life should be everywhere. If there were aliens we should be able to see the infra-red emissions from their Dyson swarms. We don't.

It's possible that intelligence has such a very, very low survival value that it has never developed elsewhere or that every civilization that arose wiped itself out before developing the ability to influence the radiation that their star gives off. Or, maybe God just created us first.

[Antoninus]

It's possible that intelligence has such a very, very low survival value that it has never developed elsewhere or that every civilization that arose wiped itself out before developing the ability to influence the radiation that their star gives off. Or, maybe God just created us first.

I think it's likely that God created the universe and created mankind to be fruitful and multiply beyond our Earth.