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No, we're not alone [in the universe]. We share it with lots of friendly bacteria [and this includes bacteria on other planets].

— Nick Lane Nick Lane (2021)

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I would expect, maybe 900 times out of a thousand that life would be organized in a similar way to life here.

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Protocells of some sort [lie between a hydrothermal vent system and a virus] in my mind.

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I do like this quote from Simon Conway Morris that if the aliens call then don't pick up the phone.

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