Sure, life has been around for at least 25% of the life of the universe. It may have been around longer.
In discussions about the origin of life one gets the impression that the odds against life developing are astronomical
Nobody knows what the odds are. The odds that life has existed for 25% of the age of the universe are very very close to one, but that's about all we can say. It may be inevitable that life forms under certain circumstance, or it may be 1% per ten years of certain circumstances. Who can honestly say?
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