How would this question resolve if base pairs appeared in the universe earlier than the formation of Earth but none of them seeded life on Earth (Earth independently created its own)?

@HedShock i think i would resolve it yes

@ashly_webb Assuming that the Universe is infinite (which is consistent with the current models), life is bound to have appeared somewhere before Earth. Will this still count?

@OlegEterevsky i would only resolve this yes if we prove that the universe is infinite

would you prefer i limit this to observable universe instead?

@ashly_webb It's up to you. I'm interested both in whether there's extraterrestrial life anywhere in the observable universe and in whether life on Earth appeared via panspermia, but to me those are two different questions.

@OlegEterevsky i intended for this to be a panspermia question too, but i don’t really care about whether it’s on earth or not