This kind of resource variability seems likely to favor the development of intelligence, so there’s that.
But I m sure we will find that the planet has issues that make complex life unlikely, just on a statistical basis.
Simple life seems increasingly likely to propagate through panspermia, based on what we find deep inside the crust of our planet. Life forms that feed off of radioactive decay especially seem promising for panspermia.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we discovered that for habitable zone, earth-like planets , the presence of simple life forms deep inside the crust turns out to be the rule rather than the exception, at least in our corner of the galaxy.
But I m sure we will find that the planet has issues that make complex life unlikely, just on a statistical basis.
Simple life seems increasingly likely to propagate through panspermia, based on what we find deep inside the crust of our planet. Life forms that feed off of radioactive decay especially seem promising for panspermia.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we discovered that for habitable zone, earth-like planets , the presence of simple life forms deep inside the crust turns out to be the rule rather than the exception, at least in our corner of the galaxy.