Let’s say you’re a hunter. You take your bow and arrow. Now you shoot. Your arrow did not hit any deer. Does that mean there is no deer in the forest?
You look.
You don't see any intelligent life.
Does that mean there isn't any? No.
Does it mean there is any? No.
It does mean, as far as we can detect, there isn't any.
Lack of evidence supports the proposition biological intelligent life is very rare or non-existent outside of out own.
It says nothing about the supernatural, by definition.
How does the hunter know he’s in a forest?
Maybe he’s in Antarctica, or maybe he’s on the moon? Should he keep shooting arrows no matter what?
If a hunter keeps shooting arrows without result, is it ok to re-examine his primary assumptions?
If a man is alone in a forest, and his wife isn’t there to hear him, is he still wrong?
Um...have you ever hunted before?
Well I’m no Bible thumper but maybe we’re it.
Maybe the universe is there for us to wonder at and discover.
Would be quite an honor for God to have created all of this for us.
God knows we’re not worthy.
No, it simply means there are very few deer in the forest or the shooter is very bad at archery.