I was just reading the stats in a book the other day that said this:

If you doubt the existence of
extraterrestrial life then consider this for a moment. Our Sun is only one of some 100
billion stars in this galaxy alone. Sir Francis Crick, the Nobel laureate, says there are an
estimated 100 billion galaxies in our universe and he believes there are at least one
million planets in our galaxy that could support life as we know it. Think of what the
figure might be for the entire universe, even before we start looking at other dimensions
of existence beyond the frequency range of our physical senses. If you travelled at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second, it would take you 4.3 years to reach the
nearest star to this solar system. It says much for humanity’s level of indoctrination that
to speak of extraterrestrial life is to appear cranky, yet to dismiss it and suggest that life
has only emerged on this one tiny planet is considered credible!


^made me think again.

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