I think the answer is "The universe is really fucking huge and we haven't explored even a fraction of it yet." And "Alien animals do not want to make themselves known or are incapable of making themselves known." Some alien species that resembles a microscopic sessile sponge colony isn't going to be obvious to us, for example.

[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 15 points 4 days ago

Also, the time scale is practically infinite as well. So infinity in (at least) 4 dimensions leaves a lot of room for empty space

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not being an pverspeculatovw nerd non paradox: there might be guys out there or there might not be but space is cool wither way so we should look at it more regardless. If we find guys, neat. Until them assume no guys

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh yeah, totally I'm all for space exploration and it would be amazing if we found life. Just because we might not find anything doesn't mean we shouldn't try. I just think we should be more careful about the way we do it, so we don't miss our chance.

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

BECAUSE the universe is really fucking big.