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ParanoidObsessive posted...

People who have absolute faith in aliens are actually basing their assumptions on less actual evidence than people who have absolute faith in Jesus. Or Bigfoot.

The correct answer isn't "aliens exist" or "aliens don't exist". The correct answer is "We don't know."

Anything else is human arrogance.

All you need is a pool of amino acids with some light shining on it. Do I assume that there's another planet out there somewhere with some alien bacteria growing? Yeah.

Do I assume that these bacteria have evolved to the point where they can break the laws of physics with magic warp drives and then drive to us from another galaxy far away, then shyly photobomb us and troll us for 40 years? No, that's kind of dumb.

The speed of light kind of cripples any alien visit ideas. For them to even see you, they have to be close enough. Too far away, and you don't even exist to them yet. So the infinite universe doesn't mean much there.