I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant...Considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.
If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.