All that sounds like it belongs to the same trash bin as ether, homunculus, etc. We can’t even explain how life came about here on Earth, yet making inferences

All that sounds like it belongs to the same trash bin as ether, homunculus, etc. We can’t even explain how life came about here on Earth, yet making inferences about other civilizations in the galaxy. Edit: not talking about original publication, but rather the class of reasoning in the article.