Are we alone?

[Error: unknown template qotd]Given the vastness of the universe, and the sheer unlikeliness of our existence on this small, insignificant speck of rock out on the universal hinterlands, I think it is both improbable and arrogant to assume we are the only living beings out here. However, I also think we require a vastly more open perspective on what 'life' is. The chances that other life forms would be anything we might recognize as such are almost as slim as there being no other life at all.

That said, no, I don't think we have established with any certainty that we have yet found evidence of such life, either here visiting or elsewhere. I admit there are things we don't know how to explain, but I (personally) am leery of drawing conclusions; we just don't know. I'd rather say I don't know that claim I do (based on cultural perceptions & biases) and be proven wrong, or worse, let my claims blind me to clues that might point to a different answer.

So, yes I believe it is likely there is other life out there, but no, I don't believe in UFOs per se, because I do rely on empirical proof.