The observable universe is insanely huge, and we don’t know how much bigger it is beyond what we can interact with, indeed it might even be infinite. Even if the chance is literally astronomically small, odds are it’ll happen somewhere, and if the universe turns out to be actually infinite, then as long as it’s physically possible at all, it will happen. Combine this with the anthropic principle: wherever intelligent life does arise, no matter how sparse or rare it is, that life will be able to ask “why here, when it seems so unlikely?”
Yeah I don’t disagree with that although assuming that the universe isn’t infinite, my point still stands. I don’t think something being extremely rare automatically proves outside intervention somehow, I’m saying that pointing out just how rare it is, isn’t a good counter argument to that.
The observable universe is insanely huge, and we don’t know how much bigger it is beyond what we can interact with, indeed it might even be infinite. Even if the chance is literally astronomically small, odds are it’ll happen somewhere, and if the universe turns out to be actually infinite, then as long as it’s physically possible at all, it will happen. Combine this with the anthropic principle: wherever intelligent life does arise, no matter how sparse or rare it is, that life will be able to ask “why here, when it seems so unlikely?”
Yeah I don’t disagree with that although assuming that the universe isn’t infinite, my point still stands. I don’t think something being extremely rare automatically proves outside intervention somehow, I’m saying that pointing out just how rare it is, isn’t a good counter argument to that.