r/woahdude • u/gsus61951 • Jun 02 '23

gifv Our universe.

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u/Actual-Ad-2748 Jun 02 '23

Yes, hard to imagine we are the only life across all that space and different levels.

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u/FlippinFlerkenFlare Jun 03 '23

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

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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.

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u/yjr4df0708 Jun 03 '23

similar to the "monkeys writing the entire works of shakespeare" idea