We know of only one planet with life. Of which there are estimates of forms of life number in the billions to possibly a trillion since the formation of our pl

We know of only one planet with life. Of which there are estimates of forms of life number in the billions to possibly a trillion since the formation of our planet. One and only one form of life has evolved the intelligence to even as the question or conceptualize existence beyond this world and it took literally over a third of the age of the universe for us to get this far and short of sending machines beyond this planet, we (the living things) haven’t ventured much further than our own moon. So…yes, until we see some tentacled slug monster land in Central Park…or their probe, I am going to assume that intelligent life is super rare. Lots and lots of time must pass to become intelligent and advanced enough to venture beyond the place where they live out there. Also, distances are so vast between these intelligent civilizations that there just hasn’t been enough time that has passed for them or their probes to reach us since the creation of the universe.