> Which means the theory that it will do it simply because of the "selection pressure" is empirically wrong. Again, this is not true. We have empirical evidenc

> Which means the theory that it will do it simply because of the "selection pressure" is empirically wrong. Again, this is not true. We have empirical evidence that life on Earth began as soon as it could. And the universe doesn't spontaneously do things as you're wishing it to do to support your argument. > Let's say a huge asteroid sterilized Earth 100 years ago. What could the life do to outcompete that? That doesn't negate anything. Entropy increases over time. Given the various conditions available in the universe, its processes follow that directive relevant to their conditions.