Consider that just a few years ago the idea of the existence of any exoplanet was still in the realms of science fiction; now we have all these confirmed worlds and lots more possible suspects. To channel Agent K from Men In Black: imagine what we'll know tomorrow.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'