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Originally Posted by MSD
With the events that brought life to earth so staggeringly improbable, I doubt that there are a lot out there. If life did arise in other places, the chance of them existing in a time frame during which either of us could find each other is even more unlikely. I don't doubt that there has been intelligent life out there, but I expect that most intelligent species that have lived are long dead.
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Space is too big for the events to be improbable MSD. Think about it, the chances of me winning the lottery are slim. but if I have all the time on earth to get an exact match on any day then my chances increase. That's the rub right there.
As far as the aliens being "high-tech" I don't know about that but if there is a planet out there still with life ranging from dinosaurs to dogs then that is very much likely given the size of the universe.
What I have a question about though is elements of the periodic table. I believe that our basic system of counting is what led to the understanding of elements. Is there a possibility that we missed something like specified in all those sci-fi flicks? Could other elements and alloys exist that we do not yet know of?