[hariguleria]

It is an echo of the ‘centrist’ mindset. It was as difficult to understand that earth was not the center of the universe. Then our sun was not the center of the universe. Now that the human soul is not the center of all living things on earth. If life is a possibility then intelligence isn’t simply a matter of time. However, the bigger question is whether intelligence is the curse of life. Is intelligence self destructive by its very arrogance and nature. Just published an article ‘Beyond Drake- Earth 2.0’ as the foundation for this very question. You can google and find it. It’s the start of a journey and a path to this question.

[saiya-jin]

Its not about being the centre of anything... more like we had so much luck its unbelievable (stable sun, big planets cleaning asteroids, moon, magnetosphere etc.), and other life out there would quite a few more billions of years to get where we are. At least in this part of Milky way.

And its entirely possible light speed is the limiting factor that can't be crossed. Hence the civilizations of distant galaxies will remain unknown to us, same as we to them.