Now we can say that planets around pulsars are probably not that unusual. Maybe planets can form around any kind of star.

But if you're the type that agrees we don't really know what life is in the broad sense, then I have no idea.

If you have a metal rich environment, it's not that hard to make rocky planets out of it in a very short time.

Now we can say that (planets around pulsars) are not uncommon.