Extraterrestrial life exist?

[kn]

Sqrl said:

@Kn,

Let me first say I largely agree with you and that I'm not trying to imply that you're conclusion is wrong. But our solar system is not infinitely small as that would literally make it a point in space. While it may be true that figuratively speaking we are a point in space, mathematically speaking we're definitely are more than that.

 Lol, I knew I shouldn't use that word.  I almost changed it but thought it was metaphoricallly safe.  In reality of course we are not infinitely small -- rather we are exceptionally small in the grand scheme of things and, as you said, a point in space.  To any distant civilization that may or may not exist, our Sun is but another of the trilliions of stars making up the universe.

To answer the question of why we haven't seen aliens here on earth (assuming they have evolved sooner/faster) has a lot to do with chance as well.  Pick a spot in the universe.  Any spot.  The Universe is your Oyster.  You have figured out FTL travel.  Which star to visit?  There are only a trillion or so.  What are the chances that any given alien civiliation just so happened to pick our Sun as a possibility?  Even if they picked our Milky Way, there are still billions here alone...  And that's just the Milky Way "Zip Code"