>with us. Creatures that constantly destroy themselves from
>cradle to grave and fail miserably at making use of the
>resources around them are somehow the most intelligent beings?
>Meanwhile it seems most animals are taking better care of
>their offspring and communities than most people.
>

Actually, even though it may seem grim at times, and that we truly do not care about life, the state of the world is universally improving. Life expectancy is longer, there is less disease, less war, and more people enjoy employment and industrialization than ever before. We are on the upswing.


>Never mind that the only thing we can do with our own space is
>try to put weapons into it to shoot at ourselves that and the
>fact that there is litter in space. Actual trash in outer
>space orbiting our planet-- just think about that. Evolution
>has basically created one of the best planet and space
>destroying creatures in existence and we're supposedly the
>highest form of life. I just can't believe that there isn't
>anything out there smarter than us because we are quite dumb
>as a species.


We are definitely not dumb, and all space debris will eventually be cleaned up. Human beings are not going to drive themselves into extinction. We have survived hundreds of thousands of years and have proven to possess love, reason, compassion, and planning. People like Elon Musk are the proof you are looking for. There are visionaries everywhere working on altruistic goals for the benefit of all mankind.
>

>Our naked eye and even our machines can't see all that
>universe is made of and I think it reasonable to think that
>there are creatures more evolved (for lack of a better term)
>than us who are capable of seeing more of it as well as
>utilizing it.
>

Once again, that is just assumption. So far, according to science, the only other possible form of life in our observable universe is silica based. Are there other means, probably, have we found them? maybe in time, but to assume there are for certain and there are "more intelligent" beings on them is illogical. Intelligence is not a finite thing either. Try to find the walls inside your mind, you can't, try to find the walls of the universe, you can't. Intelligence is ever expanding and evolving just as the universe. It is logical to assume humanity will accomplish feats never imagined that prolong life by hundreds of years and create mutual harmony with our environment. It is inevitable as our survival is directly correlated.