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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: Cicero

A family friend hit the FL lottery some years ago. Had she been playing every day since she was born, her odds for winning statistically were still remote. But she still hit anyway. The point of all this is that if something is probable, the lucky number eventually gets cashed, be it now or the next 20 billion years.


146 posted on 12/28/2005 5:21:43 PM PST by stacytec (Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
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To: Cicero

BTW, I'm sticking to my infinity time quotient until someone can prove to me that time definitely ends - in which case I'll perhaps be willing to shave off a few billion years ;)


152 posted on 12/28/2005 5:31:29 PM PST by stacytec (Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
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To: Cicero
The available space and time is far smaller than the astronomical string of coincidences.

Not really, you can fit a trillion bacteria in a gallon of water.

407 posted on 12/28/2005 11:52:21 PM PST by staytrue (MOONBAT conservatives are those who would rather lose to a liberal than support a moderate)
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