Couldn't sentient extraterrestrials live on planets we imagine as inhospitable?

Couldn't sentient extraterrestrials live on planets we imagine as inhospitable?
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Not hard for me to imagine. I’ve always believed that life is varied in the universe. Varied, but abundant. Too many chances for life to spring up. The kind of life we would recognize and I’m sure scores that we wouldn’t know were living things.
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