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Alan Baker wrote:
> 
> On 2016-12-21 2:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > In article <3dkl5ctlco4nj0k3011c4fpoksdgj38f01@4ax.com>,
> > SteveGG  <casagiannoni@optonline.net> wrote:
> >> Have you looked at the universe lately ?
> >>
> >> Incredibly big or infinite actually.
> >>
> >> The supposition that Earth has the only life or even the only
> >> intelligent life, is very clearly proposterous.
> >>
> >> Get real !
> >
> > The state of affairs at this time is that *we don't know*.  It
> > would be cool if there were life elsewhere, but we haven't found
> > any yet.
> >
> 
> No. We don't KNOW...
> 
> ...but given the 70 billion trillion stars out there, it's a pretty good
> bet.



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