You're right about the anthropic principle; I wasn't clear. I've edited that sentence to clarify what I meant. As for none of this saying "anything about whethe

You're right about the anthropic principle; I wasn't clear. I've edited that sentence to clarify what I meant. As for none of this saying "anything about whether different environments may enable life", I agree; as I said at the beginning of the comment, this doesn't prove anything. Anyway, I was more talking about the likelihood of similar-to-Earth life as opposed to whether other types of life are possible at all.