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Einstein was proven wrong many times before his death. Being wrong in science is normal so I'll concede you may very well be right. I err on the side of caution and try not to let speculation get the better of me.As I said, drakes theory only included our Galaxie, there are untold galaxies in an unknown amount of space. Therefore much unknown. So with so much unknown, you give creedence to one mans theory. What I've contended is man doesn't know squat, and theories are just someones opinion. Yeah he may be and most assuredly is more educated than me, but when it comes to opinions, mine may be as valid as his. I'm always amazed by the vanity by which man, a tiny speck in the universe, claims to have the answers to complex problems. Heck even Einsteins theory of relativity is now under scrutiny for maybe being wrong. Geeze think about that, Einstein the most brilliant man in physics in the last 200 years may have been wrong. How vane are we?
Think of Drake's equation like our climate change models... you get different results every time you change a variable. So as sure as we are using climate change models would be as sure as we are using Drake's equation i.e. not sure at all. But in our vanity we sometimes do think we know more about the world around us than we really do.