Yep, out of the likely trillions of stars there are some that harbor life, on those, the inhabitants are bound to think “Gee, I must be special.”
It’s just a matter of probability.
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Well then, go ahead and work it out.
Even here on life friendly Earth, the ratio of biomass to mass is about 3 parts in 10 billion, and it took 4.5 billion years for modern humans to appear.
*** “Even here on life friendly Earth, the ratio of biomass to mass is about 3 parts in 10 billion” ***
And all of that mass is 99.9% empty space.
I feel spiritual just knowing I am 99.9% empty space (maybe even less between my ears ;^)