Posted on 11/30/2020 6:12:35 PM PST by blueplum
Full Title: We're as good as it gets: Intelligent life is extremely UNLIKELY to exist anywhere else in the universe because it took a series of miracles for humans to evolve, say scientists
Statisticians say the evolution of intelligent life is 'exceptionally rare', and that human-like civilisations are extremely unlikely to exist on other planets.
In a new paper, Oxford researchers theorise that, for life to evolve in the same way elsewhere in the universe, it would take longer than the whole of Earth's projected lifespan.
Evolution on Earth from the Big Bang up until the current day has involved a series of what they call 'evolutionary transitions' that were helped by chance....
...The fact that some transitions occurred only once in Earth's history suggests a remarkable stroke of luck ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
God put us here. If He’s put others in other places He hasn’t yet told us about it.
“Typo. Nucleotides.”
Seriously? It’s not a “typo” if they are completely different words. I’m surprised you didn’t blame it on auto-correct.
You also made the same “typo” in post #33, which is why I asked “Are you saying that chromosomes are made up of amino acids or are you talking about the proteins associated with chromosomes?”
Like I said typo. The point was that proteins are required to read DNA and to construct RNA. The RNA then is transcribed to the protein. Which of the 3 came first? Which simple process evolved into a more complex process how did any of it happen before there was even a cell? That’s why I calculated the odds of an average protein happening by chance. To make it easier, RNA and DNA are way too complex.
That's been called the "Goldilocks" zone.
Seriously, I was already onto the next thought and hadn’t had my coffee.
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