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Or, is it conceivable, that the events that led to our existence are so rare that there really isn’t anyone else out there?
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I think Carl alluded to this in that, given there are 200 billion stars in our galaxy and more galaxies than that across the universe, if we are the only place where there is life anywhere, then what are the odds of us being here? Does this then invoke the need for a supernatural creator of some sort? Since I am of an absolute certainty that such a thing does not exist (and not wishing to spark a debate, just making my point) then if were are the only life anywhere, we are then unbelievably lucky to be here.
That said, this does not prove or disprove anything re the odds of life elsewhere.
We can speculate all we like, but until find life elsewhere (if we ever do), it is all speculation. If we do find life elsewhere, I suspect that that probably indicates life is common throughout the universe.
Personally, I would really like there to be exo life because.......
Stuart