Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-
bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way
down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to
space.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply
because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be
in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore,
there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite
number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no
odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe
can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population
of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet
from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |