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To: Cicero

Probability is a b*tch when you have infinity to hit the odds.


126 posted on 12/28/2005 5:04:41 PM PST by stacytec (Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
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To: stacytec

But you don't have infinity. You have, probably between 10 and 20 billion years for the universe, a few billion years for the earth, and a much smaller period of time for the higher life forms.

The available space and time is far smaller than the astronomical string of coincidences.


132 posted on 12/28/2005 5:08:51 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: stacytec

Umm, the universe is not infinite, is it is finite, and the we are not talking about eternity, but a finite amount of time. Given these two constraints, the odds are against the complexity of all life arising out of random processes.


684 posted on 12/29/2005 12:36:53 PM PST by liberte
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