So, the debate has been going on for years. Is there or isn't there intelligent life beyond our universe or within? Well I have have put my meager heaping of brains on this thought for quite some time and have gone at it from many angles. Here are some thoughts I stumbled on.

Those who study astronomy will tell you that gravity bends light.

When we look out we are seeing the light from the past.

Objects in our rear view mirror are older than they appear.

If we were to find life it is possible it would be from the past,

farther back closer to the big bang, time wise than we are.

So, many intelligent life lies ahead of us as a possibility. But, by

the time they see us it will be a mirage from the past.

Just  a thought.