Those cute sentient animals would eat us too if they were sapient. And we tasted good.

You can’t prove a negative. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. There is no argument to be done except by Sabine, the one making the claim that science is dying.

Thank you, digital workers, for your dutiful work which allows me to not log in to Reddit, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and still stay in the loop.
Your payment shall be in upvotes and well-written comments.
o7

We make the following assumptions:

1. We are not in a privileged or special place in the universe.
   1a. Therefore the universe should look the same from where we are as from almost anywhere else.
2. Supernovae emit a very reliable amount of light.
   2a. Therefore we can accurately tell how far away a supernova is by its light signature.
3. We can tell how far away distant galaxies are when a supernova goes off in them.

Therefore, we can map out and count the galaxies in our local area, and, using assumption 1, we know that the number of galaxies in our volume of space is the same as in every volume of space. Multiply the one by the other and you’ve got your answer.

My ancestors are proud of me, because I know how to spell “disappointment”, and have never written a misspelled word in black marker whilst trying to condescend to people I should be supporting.