I do not think so. We know nothing. We really cannot answer if there is life out there or not at our stage. Not until we figure out the loads of problems hampering our very ability to *start to answer the question in earnest. Not to say our efforts thus far do not count as they do.

My point is we do not even know with certainty if life rose on Venus or Mars within the known scope of time we think has passed as an example. That is a question we could for sure answer in the next 100 years with relative certainty. I would hope we could in any case.

And once we get to the point of answering that question.

In my personal opinion -- of course there is life out there in the universe. It is too big and vast and has presumably been around for too long for us to be the only ones.

Sure the universe is crushingly vast compared to our small bits and pieces of knowledge. But so is our imagination. Whether it is a Hollywood set of a sci fi show or a astrophysicist rolling through endless equations; one day we just might find the answer.

This is one of those things we will not know about until we do.