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the imperative to spread becomes astronomical - unless the intelligent species is destroyed, it will eventually spread beyond its own planet.
I'm taking another stab at this one, i had a much longer-winded version. If we find life elsewhere, which seems increasingly plausible, how could that not imply that the universe has a powerful tendency to organize into incredibly complex systems? After all, one of the most fundamental aspects of life is that it adapts and spreads, as much as possible. Once it becomes intelligent, something that strikes me as bound to happen where ever a biosphere reaches sufficient complexity, the imperative to spread becomes astronomical - unless the intelligent species is destroyed, it will eventually spread beyond its own planet. Any discovery of life elsewhere, all the more if we discover it more than once, is a powerful indication that the universe is organizing on a vast scale, and that this is inherent in its nature. That mechanism would need to be described.