Why the downvote? If life & intelligence could be the result as the article states of an alien advanced life-form, then to them we're like a little ant colony t

Why the downvote? If life & intelligence could be the result as the article states of an alien advanced life-form, then to them we're like a little ant colony they have set in motion. In that context, maybe we're not even that special - maybe we're just a small experiment in someone's educational experience.