That’s the title of an interesting and appropriately cautionary essay by George Dvorsky. He also wrote a piece entitled “14 Intriguing Ways We Could Detect Signs Of An Alien Civilization.”
Here’s another article on how scientists could also draw the wrong conclusion: “Search for extraterrestrial life more difficult than thought.”
Remember these the next time the lamestream media breathlessly announces some discovery in a story whose title misleads you into thinking ET life is “obvious”.
There is an assumption that if you have the right ingredients, namely water and oxygen, with the right conditions then presto you have life. If it were that simple we would be creating life in the lab.