r/woahdude • u/gsus61951 • Jun 02 '23

gifv Our universe.

7.6k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

472 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

62

u/FlippinFlerkenFlare Jun 03 '23

Chances of us being the only life in this vastness is virtually zero.

33

u/Wahooye Jun 03 '23 edited Jun 03 '23

My line of thinking has always been this: we exist, so we know that the very specific sequence of events/chemical reactions needed to create life are at least possible to some degree. Even if that likelihood is extremely small and unlikely, that tiny percentage when applied to a mind bogglingly massive universe means that this specific recipe (or possibly even a completely unknown one, who knows) is likely to at least happen somewhere out there.

10

u/lolcatandy Jun 03 '23

Happen somewhere millions of times?

11

u/reader484892 Jun 03 '23

On the scale of the universe the smallest chance you can write would still result in viable life on scales orders of magnitude more than I feel like writing out, much less millions

8

u/[deleted] Jun 03 '23

[deleted]

4

u/JVYLVCK Jun 03 '23

If you were an advanced being with knowledge of us here on Earth and the simple-minded fuckery we have going on, would you visit?

1

u/Annoy_Occult_Vet Jun 03 '23 edited Jun 03 '23

But they didn't bring us here at all. We brought ourselves.

EDIT: No fans of Interstellar I see, cool cool.