Introduction

let me begin with a Yes to solving the problems here - which includes feeding all the unfortunate.

However, biological evolution, like the whole of the Universe, excepting man does not take into account morality issues - as can be observed and confirmed and we man, while on Earth are just another evolved species.The obove concerns are purely of a moral order. But, survival of the species is the prime directive of evolution, at all cost! this is hwere I come from.

2000 years ago or thereabouts (read Julian Jaynes) we started targeting ourselves that is, the species of the same race as our enemy and now we do it as amtter of every political administration that gets into power. We need an enemy. This is the sign that our evolution has reached its zenith - on this Earth: we have no enemies within the natural spectra of biological life that has risen on this planet.

The natural progression of targetting enemies is the old story about halving the number infinitely. The reality is that if you do this continually, you will end up with two. Consider the final moment of two men; then end as the society of two cannot reproduce itself: Okay, consider one man and one woman: which one needs to be "culled"? Same result.

But we have the ability and the know how to exit - some of us and as we are natural pioneers and lousy civilizationists - it appears to be a fine time to move onto new frontiers.

Why there will be no humanoids thoughtout the Universe, comes from study of probability based upon an emergent Universe; Earth appears to be around 4 million years old, maybe more so the likeyhood of evolution of any planet and the emergent life of any planet depends of a wide range of different circumstances, so much so, that for the extremely tiny window in which the history of the Earth features in a ~15 billion year old or thereabouts Universe (plus or minus 2 billion years or so) suggests evolutionary pattens which would be highly unlikely to "exactly" - as they would need to be - match that on Earth is terms of the planets chemical and constituent makeup, the odds of oxygen being able to take hold, the odds against carbon life forms to become dominant, its perculiar precession and relationship to the other planets in the solar system (Earth, Mars as well as possible some other planets appear to have been captured and therefore foreign to this solar system - which makes the odds even greater against human life existing throughout the Universe). A miss in time of say 1 million years out of 15 billion years would mean if too early then a minor biological emergence and if 1 billion years later, the a far more advanced race - so much so, that they would have no interest on this human race which deals in netron bombs with and upon itself as a matter of course; default.

Short: I don't know but I do know it is a waste of time looking for them as there are better things to do with one's time.
Lucky? Has nothing to do with it! Evolution is about survival and the natural ability to create and leverage technology. In the spectra of life there are fleas and ants so we are clearly not of these species.

Inconsequential is subjective: We are what we are and amke of ourselves. If we wipe ouselves out - how cares? No one and nothing so yes, we are inconsequential! Up to us.

I am saying we have a choice and we can be deterministic about it or apathetic. Thank you for your comments
peter