Do I think that there is some chance that there is life beyond this pale blue dot?
Yes. Do I think that it will resemble anything familiar? No?
One needs an appreciation of the vastness of the universe and the problems involved in interstellar travel
when considering whether this planet may have been visited by self-replicating, extraterrestrial life forms
at some point in it's 4.6 billion year history.
How would you define life?