Does absence of evidence mean evidence of absence with the alien question?

Question

There may be only ten civilisations in the milky way, and that I may add is a very large place.
Aliens will never meet us they're just too far away.

Answer 1

You are right about the aliens they are far away and may be short lived.
Your question is pretty tricky but no,we have no proof they exist but their existence is so logical that they must exist.

Answer 2

To address your last statement first, you're assuming that, if there is life on other planets, their technology, at best, equals ours. While absence of evidence could mean evidence of absence, it could also simply mean that they don't have the technology to get here, or they've seen what this crummy planet has to offer and they're just not interested.....

Answer 3

absence of evidence, this is a question that should be asked to all the religious nuts, very well stated

Answer 4

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Neither is it evidence of presence. Absence of evidence is only evidence that we need more information.

Answer 5

Either that or they are very good.