“Please stop this nonsense. The possibility of life systems existing in the universe which are vastly different than anything you’re capable of imagining are a *real* possibility. I cannot believe some people on this planet, with their, “We’re so special” arrogant attitudes believing their somehow unique in a universe filled with *trillions* of planetary systems.”
You may be correct, and you may be wrong. The evidence is in the Fermi paradox, which simply stated is: If intelligent aliens are so common, where are they, why haven’t we seen them?
If there is some reason why they cannot visit, such as they self destruct after a few thousand years, or evolve into something not interested in us that we cannot communicate with, or some other such reason, then they are irrelevant.
If they are not irrelevant, where are they?
1. You only believe in things you can see?
2. What makes so confident that this planet which is invisible just a few astronomical units away from our tiny star, is such an important destination?
Fact is, the universe is so large there could be millions of planets harboring intelligent life, but the distances are so great, interstellar travel is just not possible. Who knows.... There could be millions of reasons.
To be honest, I personally would be much more surprised if the only life existing were here on this tiny, astronomically microscopic planet.
It’s interesting to me how emotional people get on this subject. Just look how people on this thread reacted when I proposed an alternate thesis. I don’t want to be flippant and say, “People get angry when you tell them that there really aren’t any Klingons”—but beyond that I don’t understand why it bothers them so much.
To my mind, if earth life is unique in the universe, it would be the most profound statement on the sanctity and preciousness of life.