Hello,
No I am not LOKI.
You made a reference to Earths or intelligent beings not being commonplace (that's talking about life) and referred to those who suggest that ETI life could be plentiful as "cultists". I guess this partially depends on the level of ETI you are talking about. Either way the universe is a BIG place and other life (or us) finding ETI on a planet in one of the innummerable galaxies makes finding a needle in a haystack look easy.
You did not respond to any of my specific points i.e. life can exist in many different types of conditions and due to the vastness of space neither one of us can say if there is plentiful life out there. All current data supports you but we are infants in space exploration, no probes beyond our suns influence.
see ya VINCE