[Joe Hadenuf]

I'd point to the *fact* that the vastness of the universe says absolutely nothing about the probability of life existing elsewhere but on Earth.

Of course it does. If there were only two other planets in the Universe you may have a point, but there are millions, possible billions of planets. This makes the odds of life elsewhere great. Think about it.

[Exnihilo]

This makes the odds of life elsewhere great.

No, I'm sorry. It doesn't. Have you ever taken a course in statistical probability?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

There is something more like 20,000,000,000,000,000 (I think this is 20 quadrillion in American English) planets in the universe assuming 100 billion galaxies with 200 billion planets each (2 per star).