Well.  Unlike Mythologies and religion, the idea of extraterrestrial life isn't exactly founded in blind faith or just science fiction.  It is founded on facts - life exists on Earth and there is a slight possibility that it once existed on Mars.  Two outta eight (agreeing with pakled) is astronomical (hehe).  If Mars did indeed harbor life once, no matter how simple, that raises the odds of life elsewhere drastically - like, it's assured.  Not going to speculate on whether it is intelligent life or not - still attempting to find that here.

I have faith that the Sun will rise everyday - because the Earth rotates on its axis in a periodic fashion so that this phenomenon occurs.  I don't have blind faith that there is some deific and beneficent being minutely interested in my genitalia on an hourly basis... ;P

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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