Bet against.  And by the Fermi Paradox I'd be really shocked (and dismayed!) to find life that common.<p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/05/25/the_dread_planet/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/05/25/...</a>