>>12694025Nature tends towards averages and homogeneity. Every physical phenomenon ever observed by humanity has been observed again in some other place or time. Ergo, it stands to reason that if we observe one sample of intelligent life (ourselves) it is highly likely that other intelligent species exist. We may be a trillion lightyears away from them, but the chances of other intelligent species existing is non-zero and thus they are out there somewhere or somewhen.