1) Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
2) There are an infinite number of planets in the universe.
3) There are a finite number of people on each planet.
Therefore, there are a finite positive average number of people on each planet who don't expect the Spanish Inquisition. If we listen for them long enough, we'll hear them.
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