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Stephen Hawking thinks so. He says primitive life forms are common through out the universe, though intelligent ones are rare. That may explain why we have not met one.

The question is as old as humanity itself: is there life outside our planet. From religion to science fiction everyone embraced the idea of super beings outside our experience: call it god or alien. Scientists think there are a few possibilities. First one is the rule of non-existent until proven otherwise: since we have not encountered any alien life form, so they do not exist. But that rarely satisfies anyone. Even if life started on this planet by accident, what’s so special about the accident here? Cannot it happen somewhere else? Moreover, we have seen so little of the universe it is hard to say what is not there. The other theory is that there are really smart creatures out there. Then the question remains: why have not they contacted us or why haven’t we found any sign of them. Hawking thinks though primitive life forms are common, intelligent life forms are rare. He jokingly doubts if we even have intelligent life form on earth. He thinks if we can survive long enough we would establish contact with other life forms or find proof of their existence.

There may be another possibility: the aliens are really smart and that is why they are purposefully ignoring their uncool cousins from the little blue green planet.