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Though I do believe simple forms of life, especially microscopic probably are fairly common.
But basically, that’s all it takes. evolution via natural selection will do the rest.
For instance, towards the end of that video Prof Kipping points out the timing aspect of all this, suns and planetary systems evolve, with limited windows of opportunity opening and then it’s gone.
Exactly, Al it takes is time and substrates for chaotic chemical reactions to form into self-organizing patterns.
For instance, it’s only luck that humanity made it past the Stone Age.
Oh, I agree, modern humans are the only remaining survivors of the ~8 homo sapiens species. We might have easily become extinct. There is definitely an aspect of luck.
After all, probability is a game of luck. But with Time, common chemistry, and a dynamic environment that generates a near infinite number of chemical interactions, even luck takes on an aspect of inevitability.
It is my firm belief that abiogenesis is constantly happening somewhere in the universe.
The question remains who or what is the oldest living evolved species.