Astronomers have just recently come to the conclusion that there are two trillion more galaxies in the universe than previously thought. We used to think there were 100 billion galaxies.
Our own galaxy, which is a pretty unremarkable one, is estimated to have about 400 billion stars.
Let’s just say there is only ONE intelligent civilization in every galaxy that is active and alive today. Just one. That would make it two trillion civilizations.
There are about 7.5 billion human beings on earth.
That means that there are 266 intelligent CIVILIZATIONS in the universe for every human being alive – right now.
This is beyond what I can fathom.