Drake's Equation the Fermi Paradox and all that...are we alone or not

It's a curious thing with no answers obviously but still IMO interesting to consider. The vastness of the cosmos and insane number of planets would seem to indicate surely there has to be SOME intelligent life at some point besides us. And yet....when you factor in all these things that appear to need to be just right and fall into place just so (including a civilization not destroying itself)...the odds are similarly impressive in the other direction.

So do you think there's intelligent life out there? Or at least has been at some point that maybe went extinct before we came along, or are developing now but not even as far as we are?

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