Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Is humanity alone in the Universe? What scientists really think<br>During Feb-June 2024, they carried out four surveys regarding likely existence of basic, complex, and intelligent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extraterrestriallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraterrestriallife</span></a><br>In total, 521 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/astrobiologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrobiologists</span></a> responded, and we received 534 non-astrobiologist responses. Results reveal that 86.6% of surveyed astrobiologists responded either “agree” or “strongly agree” that it’s likely that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extraterrestrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraterrestrial</span></a> life exists somewhere in the universe. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/is-humanity-alone-in-the-universe-what-scientists-really-think/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">1/is-humanity-alone-in-the-universe-what-scientists-really-think/</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a></p>