Just think of how many planets in the universe had life but it was extinguished because the star died. Or the entire system flew into a black hole. Or an astero

Just think of how many planets in the universe had life but it was extinguished because the star died. Or the entire system flew into a black hole. Or an asteroid wiped it out. It took a third of the age of the universe for intelligent life to evolve on Earth. Just think how rare it must have been to have a life-supporting planet and not gotten destroyed by a celestial event for that long.