From what i recall, the Drake equation stated something more along the lines of
"2,000 races in the Milky Way, and ~100 intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way". Something like that. Certainley not the entire universe
Post Merge: July 07, 2015, 10:27:18 PM
Okay, so according to an article published in 2011, the estimated intelligent ETs in the Milky Way alone is 50.