Do you believe in intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? And if so, do you believe we'll ever contact/meet them?

I tend to be very science-minded, so I’m not talking little green men that want to take over. But in the cosmic span of things, in the immense vastness of space, I believe there has to be someone else out there, and I also believe that the human race can survive long enough to not only make contact but possibly come face to face with another race of intelligence. I’m talking in terms of hundreds or thousands of millenia, just getting somewhere where life existed would take thousands of lifetimes. But I don’t think it’s impossible. And if it’s not impossible it’s definitely plausible…

I also feel that if there’s no one else out there, and we’re really alone, what’s the point of everything? I think it would be comforting to know that there are others just as confused and small as us, and that we could form a “team” of sorts against the vast emptiness and join together in the search for truth.

Thats what I think, what do you guys believe?