Hey, I'm not trying trying to stir anyone. I DO think life is abundant throughout the universe. Who were those scientists who threw some ammonia & hydrogen & methane & stuff in a test-tube, popped a cork in it, shook it up, zapped some electricity through it, ... and came up with some organic molecules?? Maybe if they'd left it to brew they would've grown some octopuses! I just think there may be some fundamental FORCE in the universe (yes, a physical, material, gluonic FORCE) that pushes the raw sub-atomic matter into LIFE. I would want to kill myself if I thought Planet Earth was the sole bastion of life in the universe. That would mean there was no God, that it was a total random fluke in this insignificant corner of the cosmos. I much prefer to believe the universe is teeming with creatures with self-awareness. If humanoids are the pinnacle of Creation, then bloody hell, I'm defecting back to the Apes!