It's shame this is downvoted because it's the key insight of the two propositions: 1. the lack of ET-evidence is really odd and could be indicative of a barren

It's shame this is downvoted because it's the key insight of the two propositions: 1. the lack of ET-evidence is really odd and could be indicative of a barren universe 2. The outcome of 1 civ / universe is a really odd output (vs. a zero/many civs) from a Drake-equation-like natural, random universe. Which should, if we can fill in the gaps to the above sketchy proof, cause the most rational among us to wrestle with the idea if we really know what's going on. I'd add the other most salient fact is how quickly we're gaining the ability to examine proposition #1, by say in this case, datamining astronomy data sets... 3. In a few decades we'll have a pretty exhaustive survey of exoplanets that should find a TruePositive if there are some to find, heck even a photosynthesizing planet in the galaxy should suffice. Taken together, there should be some philophizing about the idea that we could end up proving ourselves to be alone, all within the forseeable future, while we're still all still on Earth.