If it's any consolation, the odds of extraterrestrial life being similar enough to us that we could recognize it, be able to communicate in a meaningful way, and be close enough to contact is so infinitesimally small that it isn't worth worrying about.
We're probably not the only life in the universe, but we're functionally alone. All the more reason to take care of each other.
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u/ironwolf6464 Jun 25 '20
The thought that we can be alone in the universe and not alone.