[AntiGuv]

The mathematical odds are of no great consequence unless you have some genuine standard of measure. If the odds are even so monumental that the event would happen only once in the entire history of the universe - and even then, perhaps, by happenstance - then whatever sentient beings arose would still have arisen due to those slimmest of conceivable odds. Until you can assert that it has happened dozens or hundreds or millions of times on other planets, then all you have is the fact that it happened once. However slim the odds of life arising, from whatever source, they became a reality at least in this one instance here on Earth. It does not follow that the evolutionary model is suspect or that natural selection does not occur.

[AndrewC]

The mathematical odds are of no great consequence unless you have some genuine standard of measure.

They are important when the cause for an event is stated.

"I don't know" is the answer that makes the odds of no great consequence.