The problem with this reasoning is that it considers this to be true: if intelligent life exists, we are gonna be able to understand its intelligence.<p>What if there exist an intelligent life, so intelligent that their level of intelligence compared to ours is like comparing ours with...cats. We all know small genetic mutations can have huge impact. So huge they might just be technically&#x2F;biologically out of reach.<p>So maybe an intelligent life exists out there, but they are so ahead of us that we are not even capable of understanding how. Like a little cat watching a car thinking maybe it&#x27;s an animal.