Mecallie <none@xx.cc> wrote in message news:<cet257$rqp$1@news5.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...

I do not know what the chances of intelligent ET life existing in our 
galaxy are, maybe slim, maybe pretty decent. But I do know that the 
chances of intelligent ET life existing anywhere in the universe are 
waaaaaay bigger then it *not*  existing anywhere.

Uh, tell me how that goes again, you know P(x) >> P(y) without knowing
P(x) or P(y). Sounds like rationality stopped working here ;)

The human race must be pretty arrogant if they assume the only 
intelligent life in the universe exists on earth and earth alone.

We are.

Call me a believer :)
Heck, it's better then believing in God. At least no wars have started 
because of someone believing in a different ET then his/her neighbour...

Amen. Just don't forget this viewpoint doesn't represent a beacon of
rationality & science (vs the Xtian Big Ghost in the Sky).