how self-replicating chemical systems ever came about in the first place I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that it's pretty much inevitable after

how self-replicating chemical systems ever came about in the first place I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that it's pretty much inevitable after Miller-Urey [1]. This process produces so much complexity from such simple ingredients. I think if we could travel to distant stars we would find simple, single-celled life all over the place. The tougher question is why we haven't found any intelligent life yet [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller–Urey_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller–Urey_experiment [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox