LOL we’ve explored 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 of the galaxy and he says life is rare, lololol what a maroon.
Don’t stop him. He’s on a roll. The science is settled. Until it’s a problem. Then it isn’t again. Simple ;)
We have plenty of evidence that life is rare. It’s rare in the solar system and is even rare on Earth if one uses an objective measure like a ratio of living mass to non-living mass.
/bingo
The argument a few years ago — ignoring the jackasses who claimed that exoplanets were all fake discoveries — was, oh look, no planets have been detected which are anywhere near the size of Earth. As detection of smaller and smaller exoplanets consistently improves, the arguments shift, mainly because they don’t proceed from anything but a priori rejection of such discoveries.
I’m already reconciled to the fact that I’m unique, just like everyone else.