yes, i belive
hell no your crazy
I've heard this "X is just applied Y" stuff before, such as in that xkcd, but I've yet to meet the person who can supply a purely mathematic explanation for why the blue-ringed octopus is so deadly, nevermind, for instance, the impact of Polish immigration on the cohesion of earlier immigrant communities in Great BritainGet back to me on that and we'll talk.
Oh, and as for life: Yes, more of it than most expect, in more extreme places than most conceive. Life is everywhere it can possibly be and some places it really oughtn't to.
My belief is that there's life far more advanced than humanity, and that they could be responsible for the creation of our universe. It's quite possible that the big bang could have been triggered by another civilization. Maybe one day we'll be able to do the same.