[Elsie]

To calculate the odds of an event, you need a numerically specified state-space, and a numerically specified selection criteria within that state-space.

And to be a believer in Evolution, none of these things are required.

[Elsie]

Could have, possibly, might, may have, maybe, appears to have, given enough time......

THESE are stock and trade of the "E" folks.

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Their literature is FULL of them.

[donh]

And to be a believer in Evolution, none of these things are required.

Right. because classical evolutionary theorists do not spend energy on origins. Like Darwin, they take origins as a given to work from, and not their problem to address.