"After all, if life emerged independently on two planets in a single solar system, it is nothing unusual. Indeed, that finding alone would be powerful evidence that life has a tendency to emerge, and is presumably widespread throughout the universe. The origins of life would indeed be found in the laws of nature.
"But we can't make too much of that either. For though any such finding would greatly raise life's stature in the universe, it would do nothing to elevate that of humanity. Even if we prove that life is a property of physics, we humans would still be creatures of chance—and natural selection."
Adam Gaffney at The New Republic reviews Roy R. Gould's Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life.
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