LilMak I agree with you. It is estimated that when Hubble takes a picture it encompasses millions of stars. Hubble points its'
telescope in another direction takes pictures of millions more. It was suggested that 1 to 2% of those millions or billions of
stars have a probability of supporting life. If that is the case it is entirely possible that civilizations could be billions of years
in development. Compare that to our own time of develpment. We are rookies. May I point out that we now THINK that
the speed of light is the top speed anything travels. Remembering that breaking the 100 mph speed limit did not occur for
us until 100 years ago, we have a long way to go and much to learn. Breaking the speed of sound was also considered impossible
by some of our most learned. I've never seen a UFO, but I'm not so arogant as to believe that there are not beings of higher
intelligence in our universe or galaxies far away. If what mankind does on a daily basis on this planet is used as an example,
our intelligence is somewhat questionable. We've much to learn.