An even more honest possibility would be "we don't know". That way at least we don't close the door on possible avenues of investigation which may be valid.
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.'
