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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
So because we haven't seen aliens that is proof no life exists? I thought you were smarter than this. The nearest star system is 4.3 light years away, so even if we could travel at the speed of light (physics says it is an impossibility for matter to travel at the speed of light) it would take 4.3 years to get there. If we could perfect matter/anti-matter space travel the best we could do is 10% the speed of light so that would take 43 years at that speed. And thats just to the nearest star. To the other side of the Milky Way? 100,000 light years (a million years). The closest galaxy? 2.2 million light years.
There are over 300 billion stars in our galaxy and the amount of planets could well be over 3 trillion, count moons and that could be as high as 30 trillion. Of those the number of Earth like planets are at least in the billions (scientists estimate close to 9 billion). On top of this there are over 100 million galaxies. That means there are an estimated 900000000000000000 Earth like planets in the entire Universe.
Life in the Universe is not a mathematical probability it is a mathematical certainty.
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I've never claimed to be smart. I am capable of understanding complex subjects. WHile I appreciate you including all the math, I already referred to that by linking Drake's equation to point out exactly what you are reclaiming. Again, in spite of Drake's equation, where is everybody?
Certainly you'd agree with the fact that in the known visible universe which consists of multitudes of galaxies, we are the sole intelligent life?