> Given the trajectory of humanity, the alien scenario explaining an unexplained phenomena is not unreasonable, though almost always very unlikely What bearing

> Given the trajectory of humanity, the alien scenario explaining an unexplained phenomena is not unreasonable, though almost always very unlikely What bearing does the trajectory of humanity have on the reasonableness of explaining things by alien? I fail to see any connection. On the other hand, it being extremely unlikely (because in every instance so far the answer has been "no" or "we don't know") seems pretty relevant.