Even if the likelihood of intelligent life is .001%, there are over a billion stars with planets surrounding them, which makes the odds of there being at least ONE other intelligent life actually VERY high.
First of all, let's narrow-mindedly assume that all life needs exactly the same things we need in order to survive. The number of earth-like planets is actually not as small as you may think. But regardless of that, let's now assume that life can exist under different circumstances, not just those needed by humans and Earth surface species. I specify surface species due to the
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