well, for some values of “very likely”. ;) I base it on extremophiles. Life exis...

		shireboy on Dec 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fermi paradox revisited: Technosignatures and ... well, for some values of “very likely”. ;) I base it on extremophiles. Life exists in volcanic vents and freezing waters. So it seems possible that at least microbial life exists somewhere else in the universe. Either way, “is/has there been at least microbial life on Venus, Mars, or Jovian moons” seems like a solvable question in the next 100 years or so. The conditions for intelligent life seem much more narrow.

That doesn't say life is likely to arise. It just says that life as we know it can, once it arises, evolve to exist in some extreme environments.