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"...As to R_A's wallet; it's a silly argument. No. Looking in your wallet and assuming wouldn't be the correct analogue...
Looking everywhere that is accessible within your yard and on your property, and then declaring that there's no one there prior to digging up the soil and sawing all of the trees in half, is a more apt comparison..."

With all due respect, you are in error. Let me lay out the analogy for you, so that you understand the relevant portions:

Question: Is there someone there? Essentially the same in my example and of life in the Universe.

Area under consideration: The Universe in the article, my entire property in my analogy. In my Analogy, My Yard and property = The Universe.

Area having been searched by ACTUAL INSPECTION: Our Solar System in the Article, My Wallet's Card Holder in my Analogy. So, in my Analogy, My Wallet's Card Holder = Our Solar System.

I will grant you that my analogy is off in only this respect: My Wallet's Card Holder is a FAR GREATER SAMPLE within my property than Our Solar System is in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

I hope that clears that up for you.

While we’ll disagree on the aptness of your analogy, (Your entire property is accessible to you, the entire universe isn’t); we can agree that there’s no evidence to support the idea that we’re not alone.