As I understand it, life is the result of organization created by a thermal incline or disparity between things: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodyn

As I understand it, life is the result of organization created by a thermal incline or disparity between things: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodynamics-theory-of-the-origin-of-life-20140122/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodynamics-theory-o... This happens everywhere in the universe, so the basic process to cause organization is everywhere. We observe this in stars, galaxies, etc. We can then also hypothesize that if organization is everywhere, so are the "organic molecules" such as those found in nebulae or on asteroids. We also know that "organization begets organization" via self-replication: "vortices in turbulent fluids spontaneously replicate themselves by drawing energy from shear in the surrounding fluid". (quote from the 2014 article linked above) This is such a fascinating subject that I get so much joy from studying! It seems like such a moot question about whether there is life elsewhere because we're neck deep in the stuff! This doesn't provide any answers to the Fermi paradox, to be sure, but I think it does provide a very solid foundation upon which you can say "life is everywhere".