Yup. It absolutely boggles my mind every time I look up at the stars. Especially when I'm out in the country with no light pollution, and you can clearly make out the light streak signifying the plane of the Milky way through the sky.
> Just given the sheer scale of the universe, I think we almost have to be foolish to think that we're the only life forms that exist in the whole thing.
This is why I like the Drake equation [0]. Even if it is not perfect, it is inherently understandable by the lay person when we are discussing such matters.
> Just given the sheer scale of the universe, I think we almost have to be foolish to think that we're the only life forms that exist in the whole thing.
This is why I like the Drake equation [0]. Even if it is not perfect, it is inherently understandable by the lay person when we are discussing such matters.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation