The Importance of Extraterrestrial Life

I think people might be surprised that you give so much credence to the possibility of extraterrestrial life. So some people, it belongs in the kind of conspiracy corner, which you would be completely opposed to. No, not at all. How likely do you think it is that extraterrestrial life exists? Oh, very likely. I mean, when you think of the sheer number of opportunities that are in the universe for it to exist... It has arisen here. That's what's a wonderful fact. To deny that it happened anywhere else would be to suggest that the origin of life on this planet was a ludicrously, ridiculously improbable event,. Which I don't think I want to do.