British professor Brian Cox said in an interview with Noble Roth magazine that "humanity is alone in the Milky Way galaxy, there is no further developed civilization out there, we are really alone in space."
The expert explained that "in order to lead life on Earth from one cell to intelligence, it took the universe an estimated time of 3.8 billion years, which is a third of the life of the universe which stands at 13.8 billion years. They exist for between 4 and 5 billion years. "
The professor mentioned biologists he knows who say that "the chance of a single cell becoming multicellular and producing intelligence in the end is low on the verge of insanity. So there is probably nothing out there but mud or a very simple life, but not a smart and developed culture. "Of the Milky Way galaxy we are the only island of consciousness and without us there would be no meaning or consciousness in the universe. True it is very scary because life is a very fragile thing, but it also gives us a sense of our value without us the universe would be empty."
The scientist explicitly stated that he limits the discussion to the Milky Way galaxy only and not to more distant galaxies because "in life we will not be able to contact a factor distant from another galaxy and he can not make such contact with us. Our range is the Milky Way galaxy and there is unlikely to be more An intelligent culture, "he said.
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