Originally Posted by dyna mo

I'm not sure why you're choosing to debate this on the merits of logical fallacies but those things you say are assumption and such are actually proven. we can and do see a vast amount of the universe. While I am very much opposed to any view that science is settled, most scientists agree intelligent life requires technology and colonization. Not sure how you can label the fact that within the visible universe, we have not seen or heard from intelligent life, as an assumption.