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To: staytrue
The standard arguement that life could occur by random chance given enough time is no longer valid. This was pointed out in the article above, but the formatting may have made the point confusing. Here it is in clearer form:

"If one also factors in the probability of attaining proper bonding and optical isomers, the probability of constructing a rather short, functional protein at random becomes so small (1 chance in 10 to the 125) (i.e., 10 with 125 zeroes behind it) as to approach the point at which appeals to chance become absurd even given the "probabilistic resources" of our multi billion year old universe."

"For this reason, quantitative assessments of cellular complexity have simply reinforced an opinion that has prevailed since the mid 1960s within origin of life biology: chance is not an adequate explanation for the origin of biological complexity and specificity."

Remember that there have been only about 10 to the 17 seconds in the generally accepted age of the universe, so you would have had to work rather quickly. Even at one try every billionth of a second there hasn't been enough time. Also, realize that there are only about 10 to the 66 atoms in the universe, so you can't waste material on false tries!)

Think about it. It isn't just unlikely; it really is impossible. It was very skillfully designed.

Oh yes, "Absurd" has a mathematical definition in physics: any probability less than 1 in 10 to the 50 is, by definition, absurd.

16 posted on 12/31/2001 7:40:29 AM PST by ZGuy
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