From warmfuzzy@700:100/0 to All on Sun Jul 22 04:59:30 2018
The Drake Equation is used to estimate the number of communicating civilizations in the cosmos, or more simply put, the odds of finding intelligent life in the Universe. First proposed by Frank Drake in 1961, the equation calculates the number of communicating civilizations by multiplying several variables.
... It took until 1995 until the first confirmed exoplanet was found around a main-sequence star called 51 Pegasi B., the discovery ushered in a new era
when astronomers were able to track down many other planets across the Universe.
-Space.com
The Drake Equation predicts many thousands of intelligent creatures' civilizations. It can be summarized by multiplying the vastness of the millions of stars out there with their many planets with a few other factors that indicates the absurdity of people thinking that they are alone in the Galaxy, let alone the Universe.