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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
Extraterrestrial intelligent life, which we have been searching for evidence of for decades and found none.
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Decades is really nothing. Our first radio broadcasts into space, which travel at the speed of light (which, as far as we know, is as fast as anything can travel in a linear sense), haven't really gone that far.
Not to mention corruption of the signal/message that happens by various things in the environment of space, and even if it was crystal clear, could they even understand it? Even if they couldn't understand it, could they determine where exactly it came from?
You would really like the book "Contact" by Carl Sagan. (I almost hate recommending Sagan or NDT anymore because of the internet circle jerk surrounding them) I'm sure you've seen the movie, but the book is much, much better, and ponders many questions dealing with both ET and the afterlife. Seems like the perfect book for where your mind is at right now, I think you'd really like it.