[RadioAstronomer]

I personally believe (and yes this is a belief) that life is replete throughout the universe.

[PatrickHenry]

I personally believe (and yes this is a belief) that life is replete throughout the universe.

The presence of organic molecules in interstellar dust clouds would suggest that life has a good chance of getting started wherever there is a favorable environment -- one that remains favorable long enough. And it now appears that stars with planets are plentiful. We can't be the only world with liquid water where life can develop. The big question -- and you know this better than I do -- is not whether there's life out there, but how often life gets the opportunity to develop past the stage of lichens, mosses, etc.

[RightWhale]

There may be life out there, life as we know it, but do they have a FEMA or yellow school buses?

[ThinkDifferent]

I personally believe (and yes this is a belief) that life is replete throughout the universe.

Intuitively I would expect so as well, but I don't have a good answer to the Fermi paradox. Do you?

[Modernman]

I personally believe (and yes this is a belief) that life is replete throughout the universe.

What kind of life? Is it mostly germs or are there a lot of Klingons?