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Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
I believe in the decided possibility of alien life...even intelligent alien life. However, given that the universe is only about 14 billion years old, and by conservative estimates the first stars wouldn't have burned out creating the heavier elements like iron, plutonium, etc for about 9 billion years, and that our planet is about 4.5 billion years old, we may be among the very first intelligent life forms in the universe which would make contacting another intelligent species highly unlikely.
