Once more, I was not talking about or contesting the existance of "life" elsewhere.
I was talking about other EARTHLIKE planets and extra terrestrial INTELLIGENCES, most specificly technological societies. I contend that the best factual evidence we have has continually shown that EARTHLIKE planets are rare.

I "think" that simple life is probably widespread. That's real simple stuff less complex than what we'd call animals. But I also say this. Right now we have no hard evidence whatsoever that there is as much as an ameoba elsewhere in the universe. Maybe, just maybe life's a cosmic fluke.

I also think that we're the only technological beings in say, the Local Group of Galaxies.