Atrocities:
While I believe you are correct in that we may never meet another sentient species, I find that I cannot agree that it does not exist.
It is generally accepted that there are approximately 200
Billion stars in the Milky way galaxy. Furthermore, most scientists agree there are approximately 100
Billion galaxies (some suggest upwards of 125 billion). Seeing as our milky way is of average size, a pessimistic view holds that there are 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars
. While the chance of life springing up in any one star system is remote, there are a huge, huge number of stars.
If you wish to believe that no life exists elsewhere, well, not much I can do to change that. You're entitled to your opinions, as am I
