Personally I consider life outside of the planet to 100% be a thing.
Intelligent life? Probably, if there's life it's bound to happen some percentage of the time.
Intelligent life that has mastered exploring space enough that we could theoretically communicate with each other if we both looked at the right spot? I'm less convinced, but it's impossible to say with the sample size of 1.
Intelligent, spaceflight capable civilisation that's close enough that we could ever make an actual, physical contact without the trip lasting generations? Unlikely.
Intelligent life? Probably, if there's life it's bound to happen some percentage of the time.
Intelligent life that has mastered exploring space enough that we could theoretically communicate with each other if we both looked at the right spot? I'm less convinced, but it's impossible to say with the sample size of 1.
Intelligent, spaceflight capable civilisation that's close enough that we could ever make an actual, physical contact without the trip lasting generations? Unlikely.