This possibility is much higher than that of the Universe having the properties it currently has, and *that* possibility is much higher than that of intelligent life arising anywhere in the Universe.
When compared to these possibilities, the chance that the Universe may desolve into nothing is frighteningly high.
We're all going to die.
Tuor
I've heard similar analogies before. They strike me as unimaginative. On Earth, life is obviously abundant. How many atoms make up Earth? If we were to shrink the Universe to the size of the Earth, our search for life in the Earth-sized Universe is the equivalent of searching one atom. I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but you get the idea. How about something much larger than an atom, say, for example, a grain of sand. How many grains of sand would have to be searched before stumbling upon life?